CO129-179 - Governor Hennessy - 1877 [9-12] — Page 5

Reference in repeal

With the paragraph of his despatch,

Publico 20

Mr. Hennessy, does not refer to the date of Sir A. Kennedy's

"document" - it has apparently not been recorded

it is not discernible in M.5.a in print

have

In acknowledging this despatch? I would send the whole bundle

25/10-

at Kew od 25

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My Lord,

Government House,

Hongkong. 6th September, 1877

In addition to the

basis of settlement for the Hongkong "blockade question" which Sir Arthur

Kennedy drew up on behalf of the Hongkong Government and transmitted

The Right Honourable

The Earl of Carnarvon,

Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies,

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