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PUBLIC RECORD, OFFICE

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mmimmim

Reference :-

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PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON

ALLY WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE BE REPRODUCED PHOTOGRAPHIC- COPYRIGHT PHOTOGRAPH-NOT TO

miny perhaps be excused for saying that I

believe the interests of Ringsend

the side of Keeping

allowing

are moe

china

strong

than

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her to be weakened. My few

in

allowing her

years experience of

convinces me of

subject siss

this part of

the hast

the coundrels on this

& Clonel Gordon's

I have the hour to be,

Jily Lord,

views.

Your Corkilip's wint Berent

Stumble Zervant,

Beef farmersy.

My dear Sir John,

Hongkong,

4th July, 1880.

Thank you very

much

for your Kind invitation, which however

as

my stay will be

very

short, I will not

.

take advantage of, but I will call on you;

this afternoon.

Before doing so, I will explain my position. The day after I resigned my

appointment with Lord Ripon, I received a telegram from Hart, saying the Pekin Government wished me to visit them. I asked our

Government for leave

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