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adding that Lord Kimberly is glad to learn that Mr Robertson agrees with Sir R. Macdonnell in opposing the Wales' Custom house scheme. And (?) and that as the Chinese Govt are not at present urging the aft of a consul at Hongkong, it does not seem necessary to enter into that question at present.?
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I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch of the 18th Just. despatch from the Hughes
Enclos
a respy: the Employment of Chinese Jumbouts together with the Correspondence prestion of a revision of Treaties, & requesting observations I may on these two questions
In accordance with my instructions regarding the correspondence with the Chamber of Commerce Hongkong, I submit that as they give the Chamber credit for its anxiety for the preservation of amicable relations between Great Britain and Portugal, still it appears that the trade of Hongkong has more to do with political considerations,
important as they may be.
Right Hem: Hammond.
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