CO129-178 - Governor Hennessy - 1877 [6-8] — Page 83

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Sir,

Colonial Secretary's Office,

Hong Kong, 22nd Dec. 1877.

With reference to the carrying away of the junk and cargo by a Chinese Cruiser on the 29th October at Tapee D'Aiguilar, which formed the subject of an immediate communication to Her Majesty's representative at Canton, I am instructed by His Excellency The Governor to express his surprise at the unwarrantable delay on the part of the Canton authorities in a matter which involves complications of a very serious nature.

Brooke Robertson, C.B.,

Her Britannic Majesty's Consul,

Canton.

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31 Sir, Colonial Secretary's Office, Hong Kong, 22nd Dec. 1877. With reference to the carrying away of the junk and cargo by a Chinese Cruiser on the 29th October at Tapee D'Aiguilar, which formed the subject of an immediate communication to Her Majesty's representative at Canton, I am instructed by His Excellency The Governor to express his surprise at the unwarrantable delay on the part of the Canton authorities in a matter which involves complications of a very serious nature. Brooke Robertson, C.B., Her Britannic Majesty's Consul, Canton. Page 111
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Sir,

Colonial Secretary's Uffice,

Hong Kong, 22nd. Dec. 18776.

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Brooke Robertson CB.

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