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conveyed in the
definite instructions conveyed Earl of Kimberley's despatch W:191 of - the 5th September ultimo; with which forwarded the decision of Earl
was
Granville
ville on
the same.
will, of course,
be
out
loyally
subjest. It
my duty to carry
in this, as in all other
matters, the instructions of Her
abbajesty's Government.
In conclusion, I may
be permitted to mention that, apart
from the immediate and official
objects of my
visit,
my brief stay
in Canton was most interesting and
instructive
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instructive _ I was the guest of our
Consul at the "English Yamun -
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or
Valace, in the heart of the vast city,
which was
formerly the official residence of one of the highest
with
Functionaries of the Empire, but was ceded to England after the
termination of the last war with China. I exchanged the customary formal visits with the Governor of the Province, and with the General Commanding the garrison of Manchu Tartars, the race which conquered
China in the 17th century, but which
has