C. O.
14980
RECR
REG: 28 AUG 83,
381
Government House,
Hongkong, I July 19th, 1885.
My Lord,
Among other matters which have forcibly struck me since my arrival in Hongkong was the fact that this is probably the only dependency of the British Empire...
The Right Honourable,
The Earl of Derby,
Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies,