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a
feen the untore & salute
British gramer in the wants
non
when
But if to
inty
AMA
this was may?
RM 157/18
It is clear that Sovernad
M. Meade.
Henniney
was wrong in
flying
Inpanese Kessel the English Blue Ensign. He would have been equally wrong had he flown,
as he appears to have intended the Red Ensign but whether he might not. have flawns the flag of the Sovero of Hong Kong is perhaps doubtful
O
this point I would refer you
to paragraph 5 of the Admiralty letter of the 28th July 1875 enclosed
in Cinculad of the 23rd.
the 23rd of any t
Reyns
Extract annent
tannused
of that
yead. But Soverned Hennessy admits he was
in flying the Blue Ensign.
2 With
wrong
regard to the question of saluting the (old) Adumalty Regulation page 12 Section 5 to which the Adinial refers would appead to confine such salutes to the official visits of Sovernos within the precincts of then governments but it would beem only politic and constion. to give and rescine salutes in the crcumstances mentioned by Governor Kennerity (though not
within the precincts
ofa
Colonial
Government) which appear somewhat Similar to the care of the Neigh Commissioners for Louth Africa and the Western Pacific su foot note Admiralty Regulations 1878/.5.
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