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in Diam before again sturning to n Singapore, I am justified in thinking that Your Excellency had, in that ~ interval quitted Your Excellency's - Command in China, Honghong and

the Straits Settlements.

seems to

I make this

enquiry

• me to have some

bearing

as it

on

the points raised by Your Excellency

as

to the

recognition to be

me

given by

to the Military Officer for the time being in command of Her Majesty's Troops in HongKong and

respect to which I

with

Comm

amin

imunication with Her Majesty's

Government.

I have to (signed) I. Pope Hennessy, Governor + Commander in Chief

N620

Sir,

/

received

Colonial Secretary's Offer

Hongkong,

3rd here, 1800.

Up to this I have not

any acknowledgment from you of the receipt of my letter of the 19th of May which His Excellency the dragon General

was asked to allow

d

No

the band to play at Government House on the 24th of May. doubt the question

was

C

2326

practically decided on the 2345 of Inay, when, under telegraphic

major Huskisson

"Assistant Prilitary Deer Lys.

instructions.