(2) L. C of the Admiralty (2)2.0of
a
copy of a Despatch which
has been received
from the
Governor of Hongkong giving
an account of his interview
on this subject with
Li Hung Chang,
the newly-
appointed Viceroy of (auton.
2. Mr Chamberlain proposes with
(i) Lord Salisbury's
(2) Their Lordships'
concurrence
to approve
that
Sir Claude MacDonald has been corrected to Sütt. Blake's suggestion he should visit Hongkong (auton,
& his proposal
to ask the
'Tor only)
Viceroy that some of
Gunboats
the Chinese
262
at Whampoa may be
used in the expedition against
the pirates farther as
proposed
recommended in the sixth para:
of his Despatch.
I only) 3. A similar letter has been
addressed to the Admiralty; &
I am to request that the Enclosures to the Govr's Despatch,
which are forwarded in original,
may,
when
they have been
read, be forwarded to that
dept for further
use in their Office.
(To 2 only) 3 A similar letter has been
addressed to the F.O;
and
the Enclosures in the govr's