*
H. Parkes
Foreign Office,
C O.
21726
6203
370
REGE 3 EC *4
December 17. 1884.
Sir,
I am directed by the Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs to transmit to you, to be laid before The Earl
of Derby copy of a
Despatch from
ster Majesty's Minister at Peking
with reference to a Chinese plot for
1o 226 · Oct· 15 · 1884
the destructions
of
French Steamer
at Hong Kong.
I am,
Sir,
Your most obedient,
humble Servant,
The Under Secretary of
State
Philif 1
Colonial Office