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has been instructed by telegraph

to ascertain whether there

any foundation for the report that the Chinese Goverment

of contemplate the erection

Fortifications

on

their Territory

opposite to the British Colony

of Hongkong.

Svi J. Walsham has also been directed to point

letter, that as there is

probability of Chinese

122

no

territory

being

attacked by

any foreign power at this

point of the boast,

the

erection of fortifications upon

it could only be regarded as

a

menace agamist England.

I am, svi,

out

as suggested, in

your

letter

Your most obedient,

humble servant.

ThSanderson

། ། ། ། ། །

PUBLIC RECORD.OFFICE

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