CO129-147 - Public Offices - 1870 — Page 503

the East.

of

ni respect to some

which Her Majesty's Govern =

ment

which

are

already a party,

and

may possibly be affected by the scheme contemplated by the Company. It would therefore be difficult for me, purther information on the matter to furnish Her Majesty's Diplomate

without

and Consular Servants with the

instructions requested no your note, and this difficulty would not be diminished as regards any communication between the Agents

of

the Company and the Chinese and Japanese Government, from

the

absence of any precise

information

information

ad

to the light in

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which the scheme may be crewed

by those Governments.

Under these arcumstances

it will be necessary for

to

ine

confine the instructions which I shall address to Her Majesty's

Agents in Clinic and Japan

is this matter to

ant

of the general nature undertaking

set forth

as

explanation

of

the

forth in your

note, and I shall have much

pleasure at the same time in

directing there to give to Representatives

assistance

ow

eta

of

ttie

the Company such

they properly cand

the understanding luwever

that