I
am now directed
by
the
to
Lord
Marquis of Salisbury to transmit
you, to be laid before. Knutsford, the accompanying papers apon the subject, from which His Lordship will perceive that the case appears to have received a somewhat different complexion in consequence) of the intervention of the other panties to the sust, namely, M. for: Jurado V6%.
I
am
accordingly to Enquinos
in
if the Colonial Office is possession of any in formation respecting the legal position of
thes
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the Corporation's Agency at Manila
under British or
British
Colonial Law, and of the
bearing thereon of the Hongkong Ordinance N°5 of 1866 or of other special or generals
any
Enactments.
In this connexion it might prove useful to Lord Salisbury
to know the reasons
why the Ordinance No 1 of 1872 of the Colony was disallowed by the Crown upon the advice
of the then Secretary of State, which Ordinance purported to extend the Corporation's sphere) of action to Manila. Lord Salisbung would also be glad to receive)
any