No 167-
C.O.
15609
RECP
489
REGE 1 SEP 83/
Government House,
Hong Kong, 31 July, 1883.
My Lord,
In continuation of my despatch 10136 of the 4th instant and of previous despatches respecting the strained relations now existing between France
The Right Honourable the Earl of Derby,
Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies,