Governor.
No.
Date.
Last previous Paper.
R & S (1099) 8 mos. 8--82
No.
Ceylon
DESPATCH
(Subject.)
(Minutes.)
Hong Kong.
No 20623
(Subject.)
DESPATCH. 0. 2002 113
RECP -
REGY 7 DEC 83/
Governor.
Date.
No.
Confidential
1883.
250c
Last previous Paper.
20594
Conf: 19 Dec
This Return from taking...
Reports - with reference to a letter of 18 Sept, complains that he had already left Hong Kong and he did not see it till it was sent to him as lacking; but he commented favourably on Mehlhase and others and no one could deny that his visit could be liable to misconstruction.
20594
(Minutes.)
Gun Dec Ru/12
When the telegram of 15th September about the French Republic to the effect that S[ugland?] was saying a good deal encouraging [China?] to resist the legitimate demand of France was but the bad line. Governor who does not keep himself in the background to mit Peking. due acknowledgement seems sufficient.
Yes, Dec. 15.
RGWH Dec 13
E. A. Dec 14
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