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is particularly gratifying to know that Highness is proceeding to Japan for the purpose of to His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of Japan and the Japanese people a token of the high esteem and friendship which exist and which will, we hope, continue to exist between the British and Japanese nations.
During the past few years the Colony of Hong Kong has had to face unprecedented political and financial difficulties but we are glad to be able to tell Your Royal Highness that these difficulties are now things of the post. We hope that the friendly relations to-day existing between this Colony and the Chinese people are settled and permanent, and we trust that there is now dawn- ing a new era of prosperity which will redound to the benefit not only of this Colony but of the Far East generally
During the recent troubles is Dajesty thought
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fit, for the protection of His subjects and their property, to