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16th December 1878.

This letter I will thank His Excellency to forward to the Becretory of State at the cartiest

opportunity Siga

I lover. Francis Snowden.

5 Colmica

"I the hight than the to Set of State for the Colonies

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Have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of a copy of your

dispatch Novor of Oother 26 of 1870, with a

copy of a despatch No 8 of August 31th 1870 pome the Governor of Honghong to you, and a letter dated 16th Dec 17 pom the Governor to me,

Communicating your instructions to calling

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to substantiate the statement,

referred to in his despatch or to inttdraw and apologize for

it.

2 This corrispondence conveyed to ene the only intionation I Lave ever received that the

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Governor took exception to any

statement Mave made

any

letter addressed

dressed to him The only alliesion Le Las made to what he has described as an attack expon beim, and an extrandinary alleript to involve him in Haftanis

to be facend

affair is

in a letter dated Vetbiztiryn which I have already Lad