would it not be better to leave the
hear
further compliments till we that the Bill is actually through?
gud 21mas
mediale
Foreign Office
RECR
9741
REGP20 MAY 87
312
May 19. 1887
Sir,
I am directed
by
The Marquis
of Salisbury
to acknowledge the
receipt of your
letters
of
the 12
12 ′′
Me
17th and 18th instant relative to the
opposition raised
the unofficial
by
Members
of
Council and the
Chamber
of
Commerce at Hong-Kong
to the "Ordinance for the better
Regulation of
the trade in Opium"
Under Secretary of State
Colonial office
which