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No17
My Lord,
Government House;
Hongkong, 5th August, 1883.
I have the honour to
report that before I received Your
Lordship's despatch No. 131 of the 18th
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June ultimo, a Bill had been introduced.
The Right Honourable
the
Earl of Derby.
Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies,