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reply, please communicate the same to the writer so that he may be set at ease.

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The French Consul Houghton's letter to S. E. French Governor

Dated 6 day July 1882, 35th year of reign of Emperor Tu Duc

True Translation

Ho. Luk.

13. 3. 83.

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REG 24 APR 83 467

HongKong le 6 Juillet 1882,

Monsieur le Gouverneur,

J'ai l'honneur de vous adresser ci-joint copie d'une lettre de M. Rheinart, chargé d'affaires de France à Hué (Annam) qui vient de m'être transmise par M. le Consul de France à Haiphong, m'informant que le Gouvernement annamite a écrit au Gouvernement de cette Colonie pour excuser le meurtre...

Son Excellence Monsieur W. H. Marsh, Gouverneur de Hong Kong, etc.

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