CO129-109 - Public Offices - 1865 — Page 232

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decline polowing it. I said it was a matter in which I felt anch delicacy in giving an opinion, and that I could only repeat it mattered little to me pelomnally what he dish He then stated his objections impall in full The third paragraph of

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the despatel.

Subsequently, in the case of thor Opis - then above referred to, the leathing "Viceroy fir-lin sent me a sealed Despatch for the bating ifpvernor of Hony Kay in reply to the me he had

received with the man I sent ho= Interpreter maxers to lium tray that really I must decline to be the medium of transmitting closed Sefratches,

medium and that he had better.

send it himself direct to Hong Kong, as I had no desire to interfere bétudes

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him and thee heting Evernos. J. E. replied that he was altogether averce to communicating in any

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any direct

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ith the Horny Kory Autuorines with whom, he colded, it would be inpopible to transact business independently of of his Consul, without needily coming to a decliny. In any diffrently he now advantage of personale conference anvantare puck and advice, and the greater portion of the busines transacted is that requiring, sooner or later, the Indicial action of the Coretele, to that he plainly saw the recapity, of adhering to the old systems. In the present case the Serpatch was as complimentary one, but for the pature all communications between "himself and Hongkong should ha

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