DESPATCH.
HONG KONG.
No. 21829
(Subject.)
C.O.
21829
RECD.
[Ref 20 JUN 04]
Death of W.R. Seymour Governor.
No.
May 219 1904
10 May
Last previous Paper.
100
17771 reports.
(Minutes.)
To this despatch...
Rev. Armour 28 June
WBL(78) --- 2 4587-80002 11-5
Next subsequent Paper 345 for Colonial Office
In the wire we are asked not to write to his father, unless we are asked again.
The appointment of a successor cannot proceed with until a later date than this despatch.
By Stanley
Adjour
I don't think we have received news of the death. But we might vary the telegram from Short...
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