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that he intended to Suggest by the concluding words of his despatch that he should negotiate directly with the Chinese government; as stated in your letter now under { ackundlink ROWH DRAFT. KO Hong 90177.00 Gov "Sm. J. P. Hennessy kcmg

No.-35. Jr. Lucas. 29. June Mr. Wingfield. 4.1fr. Bramston. 17 July- XMr. Meade. Mr. Herbert. 19 AgM Lord Cudogan. Sir M. Hicks Beach. M: Bramston 20

"Is anything to be done with 8388 the minutes on it appear not to have been at face CP.L I think this comes under 8388: but which now till 70. M 29.6.80 70819 Indexes.

Sir. 11. August 1880 Your despatch No 121 of the 26th December last received referred to the Law Officers on the subject of Hongkong (the socalled Blockade) was referred for the consideration of the Foreign Office and In nor have the honour to transmit for your information a copy of the Draft Go Fro reply which has been furnished by that department.

2. The reasons which have!

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247 that he intended to Suggest by the concluding words of his despatch that he should negotiate directly with the Chinese government; as stated in your letter now under { ackundlink ROWH DRAFT. KO Hong 90177.00 Gov "Sm. J. P. Hennessy kcmg No.-35. Jr. Lucas. 29. June Mr. Wingfield. 4.1fr. Bramston. 17 July- XMr. Meade. Mr. Herbert. 19 AgM Lord Cudogan. Sir M. Hicks Beach. M: Bramston 20 "Is anything to be done with 8388 the minutes on it appear not to have been at face CP.L I think this comes under 8388: but which now till 70. M 29.6.80 70819 Indexes. Sir. 11. August 1880 Your despatch No 121 of the 26th December last received referred to the Law Officers on the subject of Hongkong (the socalled Blockade) was referred for the consideration of the Foreign Office and In nor have the honour to transmit for your information a copy of the Draft Go Fro reply which has been furnished by that department. 2. The reasons which have! Page 248 is not shown, but based on the original instruction, the page numbering should be kept if it follows the exact format (three lines at the top and three at the bottom). However, since "Page XX" is not explicitly shown here, it will not be added. The text has been formatted into paragraphs using HTML as per the instructions. Spacing issues have been addressed, and obvious corrections have been made. The original content and structure have been preserved as much as possible. Since the last sentence is broken ("2. The reasons which have!"), and according to rule 6, it should be indicated with "..." if a word is clearly missing due to OCR damage. Thus, it becomes: 2. The reasons which have... is not needed as the last line is just incomplete and not necessarily damaged, so it is left as is.
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247 that he intended to Suggest by the concluding words of his despatch that he should regotiate directly with the Chinese government; as the stated in your letter o now under { ackundlink ROWH DRAFT. KO HRong 90177.00 Gov "Sm. J. P. Hennessy kcmg سعد No.-35. Jr. Lucas. 29. June Mr. Wingfield. 4.1fr. Bramston. 17 July- XMr. Meade. Mr. Herbert. 19 AgM Lord Cudogan. Sir M. Hicks Beach. M: Bramston 20 "Is anything to be done withe 8388 the minutes on it affear not to have been at sace CP.L I think this com mound to car 8388: but which now till 70. M 29.6.80 70819 Indexes. Sir. 11. August 1880 Your desfalde No 121 26 of the bi december last Gereed referred to the Songs Office on the subject of Hongkong (the socalled Blockade was referred for the consideration of the Foreign Office and In noro have the honour to transmit for your infor 15. Jume -mate on a copy of the 9017 : Draft Go Fro refly which has been and furnished by that defour - сору -mout 2. The reasons which have! !
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that he intended to

Suggest

by the concluding words of

his despatch that he should

regotiate directly with the

Chinese government; as the

stated in your letter o

now under

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Mr. Wingfield.

4.1fr. Bramston. 17 July- XMr. Meade.

Mr. Herbert. 19 AgM

Lord Cudogan.

Sir M. Hicks Beach.

M: Bramston

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8388 the minutes on it affear not to have been at sace

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11. August 1880

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