COPY.
Sir,
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Japanese Consulate.
Hong-Kong, 27 th, January, 1898.
I have the honour to inform you, for the in-
formation of His Excellency the Governor, that I have been
appointed by the Japanese Government Consul for Japan in
this Colony. Having not yet received Her Britannic Majesty's
Exequatur, I request that His Excellency the Governor will
be good enough to recognise me provisionally as His Imperial
Japanese Majesty's Consul residing at this port.
I herewith enclose copy of the translation
of His Imperial Japanese Majesty's Commission.
I have,&c.,
(SQ.) KI SABURO UYENO,
Consul for Japan.
Hon. J. H. Stewart Lockhart,
Colonial Secretary,
H ONG - KONG,