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216y Lord,

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REG? 8 NOT 83

Government House,

Hong Kong, 23rd August, 1885.

my dispatch 139

of the 23rd April ultimo, I proposed,

and in Your despatch N 119 of the

8th June ultimo, you approved, in

Right Honourable

The Earl of Derby:

principle

Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies,

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