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Foreign Office:
REGE 26 10T DE
420
October 25. 1583.
I am directed by Earl Granville to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 22nd ultimo, transmitting a copy of a Despatch from the Governor of Hongkong upon the question of the continuance of the Salute &c. to the British Ministers accredited to China and Japan and to the Chinese and Japanese Representatives accredited to Her Majesty.
Under Secretary of State, Colonial Office