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C.O.537

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PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON

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

youce رجل

P.S June 24th I have this day telegraphed to your Lordship is

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Cepfler to the following effect :-

The Coment at Canton I tater that

The Vicering hour devicers about

the transfer of the guns-

declines tonus_ Further by telegraphs and despatelo_"

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Enclosure

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$13.94. Commulate

Cantow

22 June 1885-

to Your Excellency's

"secret" Despatch of the 17 the list. I

Greatty regret to have to state that

a hitch has occurred in the

regotiations for the guns, and that! the Viceroy has given it as his opinion that, as the danger of a war witto

Russia seems to have,

ve pased-

away, the guns can be no longer wryently required by the British Government, and that he prefer. to retain them. He has consequently

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declined