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future; but in the meantime, I do
not think it right to discontinue
3.
such salutes, if they
for.
are
asked
When administering the
Government in 1882, I
was asked
privately by the Consuls of Spain and Portugal whether I
could authorize salutes
for
the
- Governors of the Phillipines and of Macao, who were expected to
call here
on their
way
to Europe.
I expressed my regret that I_
did not feel authorized to do so,
but
I
but of placed the Governor's steam.
launch at the disposal of these
High Officials, and did ever
everything
else I could to shew them the
respect and courtesy to which
they
their
were entitled during brief residence in this Colony.
I have the honour to be
€ 1by Lord,
Your Lordship's Most Obedient
Humble Servant,
Munda