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-Copy Acting Colonial Secretary to Mr. Ayice.
M998
Sir,
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Hong Kong, 28th June, 1887.
With reference to the request contained in your letter of yesterday's date to His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government on behalf of the Memorialists for the postponement of the Public Health Ordinance I have the honour, by direction, to inform you that it is with much regret the Government finds itself unable on this occasion to comply with your request, or to deviate from the course it has prescribed for itself in the public interest.
The Honble P. Ryrie,