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Royal Gardens, Kew.
June 2, 1882.
Sir,
I have the honour to acknowledge
the receipt
of your letter
of June 1, transmitting
papers referring to the Botanical and Afforestation Department in Hong Kong.
Sir Joseph Hooker is much gratified at
the sympathetic interest evinced by Sir George
Bowen in the Botanic Garden and the work
of afforestation, both of which the Superintendent,
Mr Ford, has for some years past administered
in an able and intelligent manner. You are
no doubt aware
of what has possibly hardly...
ir R. G. W. Herbert, K.C.B.
Sir,
Colonial Office.
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