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others about him

read and write

are

not at liberty to speak

to

English,

and

notes in English

have passed between his Excellency

and

myself.

That Sir John. Hennessy has serice

his return

to Hong Kong

Corned

ponded with the grand Secretary

write

to each other upon questions.

of the kind. I must content however

that in the present stage of

education

theer

foreign relations

the Churese public

not encouraged to

of

ae

verry

were better

eri

irregu

engage the kind. They

to believe that

-lar intercourse

Li

J

arr

also assured

but I

Nor can

not free to give my authority.

I declare that they

respondence related to opuim-

I do not of

ready

They

ean play

one

foreigner against

Сам

course maintain

that two

mem

in the respective

positions of the governor of Hong

Kong

and

the frand Secretary

another. I beg to refer your Lord -

ship to

my despatch No 114 of twenty fifth November 1879 in

the

which I ad dressed

the

Marquis

f

ave