No 280
My Lord,
Madrid.
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Nov: 26, 1890. REUR 3 OFC JB
I did not fail to communicate to the Spanish Govt the information conveyed to me in Your Lordship's Desp: No:151 of the 16th Inst: that the Governors of Hongkong & Labuan had been instructed to issue proclamations similar to those issued by the Governor of the Straits Settlements prohibiting the export of arms & ammunition to the Phillippine Islands.
In a note which has reached me the Duke of Tetuan acknowledges with gratitude this new proof of friendship on the part of H.M.Govt.
I have &c:,
(signed)
H.D.Wolff.
The Marquess of Salisbury, K.G.,
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