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Peking

Jerly 4.1874.

396

to ack H yt desp No 32 of the

5th June inclosing the Notifications

of the 15th Dect 1873 by wth. The gout of Hongkong appointest a

Com? 2

enquire into the action of the Chinese Maritime Customs

as affecting the trace of the Colon, The Report presented

by

The Comp on the 28th April. las 2 & a series of observations by yrself upon that Report.

There are a

Jew

but

very Jew of your observations, the justice of

which I do not en

ontirely admit:

before proceeding further Ishall

refer to these.-

ir B. Robertson CB.

&c

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