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30 March 1843. Letion to.

203. Hay Ray

REC

C.0.

1849

Foreign Office,

March 22.1843.

164

fir

Iam directed by the Earl of Aberdeen

to request that You will acquaint Lord Stanley that Hir Lordship thought it advisable to take the opinion of the

Law Officers of the (nown on the question the Jurisdiction to be exercised over Chinese in Hong Kong, referred to in my

of

other letter of

of

this day, and that the

Draft of that Letter war at the same

time submitted to them.

dame now to inclose a copy of their report; and I am to request

"James Stephen Papp.

that