and anticipating further complications in connection with the Junk Trade of the Colony.
I am to enquire whether Lord Salisbury has any information from Lisbon in regard to the negotiations between Portugal & China with reference to the Macao Opium Trade, and to add that Sir Henry Holland would be glad to receive as soon as possible the letter from ... of then ... that: in order that ... may not be left without any instructions from ... for in this matter.
185 I.B.