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Foreign Office,
October 27, 1896.
Sir,
N999.
I am directed by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to transmit to you, to be laid before the Secretary of State for the Colonies, a copy of a despatch as marked in the margin, reporting that the Portuguese possessions ... have been declared under foreign protection a separate colony.
The Under-Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.
I am,
Sir,
Your most obedient,
humble Servant,
H. ...