CO129-186 - Public Offices & Others - 1879 — Page 41

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The Governor of Macas is likewise

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Plenipotentiary in China, Japan, and Siam ; and stong Kong being within a few hundred feet of Chinese territory His Excellency may well be considered,

as ceremonies are concerned, to

so far

be within the precincts of the Territory "to which he is accredited; and it is

obvious that this remark Equally applies

to the occasions upon which Her

Majesty's minister in China has risited one of stmships at Hongkong. 8. In conclusion I beg to forward

for their Lordships' information copy

of

a second note addressed by

to Mr Hennessy expressive of

the

me

feeling of soreness which the Navy

Experienced