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to fly our flay by the Governor

permitted to fly our

av

British Colony, and the consuls

should be a presumptive,

acquiescence

in the equity

legality of

then decision

if not in all

cases

Cit

sufficient, quaranter

of Justice having been done

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freely

opinions that neither

the

Y. E. has thought otherwise and

ad سے رحم الله

Expressed

Consular nor the Diplomate action taken

in this case

were satisfactors,

ir calculated

to reflect credit upon those who

responsible.

make

are

I do not feel catied upon to

any reply.

or comment upon these

statemento si par as I and unself

concerned, but I must observe that,

(0

regards H. M's Consul, Gaving fully

approved and sauctioned the course

he

he has taken throughout, and so reported "

to Her Majesty porncipal Secretary of State

for Foreign Affeurs, I concenie et rests ex-

exclusively

with his Lordship to confirus, call in question

or otherwise censure the official Acts of Her

allagesty's Minister and Consuls in Clunia

As regards the final disposal of the ship

it rests for the moment with Kwok- a Cheong

to profit by the leniency of the Chinese

Authorities, and take it over on the Conditions.

offered, or to allow the tokel confiscation to

be carried out as he may prefer - But it

is not to be supposed that they will leave hund that option long,

or for any indefinite

hine, while be is denouncing their to 180

British Colonial Authorities as committin

an

act of spoitation,

aud

adding

further

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