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obby Lord,
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Government House,
Hongkong, 10th April, 1888.
I am informed that no formal reply has hitherto been sent to the despatch of Sir Michael Hicks Beach, No 29 of the 20th April 1878,
Right Honourable
The Earl of Derby,
Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies,