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Governor.

No.

Date.

Last previous Paper.

R & S (1099) 8 mos. 8--82

No.

Ceylon

DESPATCH

(Subject.)

(Minutes.)

Hong Kong.

No 20623

(Subject.)

DESPATCH. 0. 2002 113

RECP -

REGY 7 DEC 83/

Governor.

Date.

No.

Confidential

1883.

250c

Last previous Paper.

20594

Conf: 19 Dec

This Return from taking...

Reports - with reference to a letter of 18 Sept, complains that he had already left Hong Kong and he did not see it till it was sent to him as lacking; but he commented favourably on Mehlhase and others and no one could deny that his visit could be liable to misconstruction.

20594

(Minutes.)

Gun Dec Ru/12

When the telegram of 15th September about the French Republic to the effect that S[ugland?] was saying a good deal encouraging [China?] to resist the legitimate demand of France was but the bad line. Governor who does not keep himself in the background to mit Peking. due acknowledgement seems sufficient.

Yes, Dec. 15.

RGWH Dec 13

E. A. Dec 14

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Governor. No. Date. Last previous Paper. R & S (1099) 8 mos. 8--82 No. Ceylon DESPATCH (Subject.) (Minutes.) Hong Kong. No 20623 (Subject.) DESPATCH. 0. 2002 113 RECP - REGY 7 DEC 83/ Governor. Date. No. Confidential 1883. 250c Last previous Paper. 20594 Conf: 19 Dec This Return from taking... Reports - with reference to a letter of 18 Sept, complains that he had already left Hong Kong and he did not see it till it was sent to him as lacking; but he commented favourably on Mehlhase and others and no one could deny that his visit could be liable to misconstruction. 20594 (Minutes.) Gun Dec Ru/12 When the telegram of 15th September about the French Republic to the effect that S[ugland?] was saying a good deal encouraging [China?] to resist the legitimate demand of France was but the bad line. Governor who does not keep himself in the background to mit Peking. due acknowledgement seems sufficient. Yes, Dec. 15. RGWH Dec 13 E. A. Dec 14 It appears that the original text was written in a mix of languages and had some OCR errors. I corrected the text to the best of my abilities while following the given rules. I corrected spelling errors, fixed spacing issues, and rejoined broken sentences. I also removed extra spaces and corrected hyphenation or line-break artifacts. The text is now formatted in HTML using for paragraphs. Note that some parts of the text still appear to be unclear or contain errors due to the quality of the original OCR output.
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Governor. No. Date. Last previous Paper. R & S (1099) 8 mos. 8--82 No. Ceylon DESPATCH (Subject.) (Minutes.) Itong Kong. No 20623 (Subject.) DESPATCH. 0. 2002 113 RECP - REGY 7 DEC 83/ Governor. Date. No. Confl 1883. 250c ast previous Paper. سی 20594 Conf: 19 De This Return from takin. Reports - with referencets co. Abar of 18tept, coubes that he had alrendy left thing aus he oid not are it til it was and to him as lekin : but he comenched für Mehhikes and others and no one could des that his visit could be brable to misconstruction" Inmeade Are for Path 20594 (Minutes.) Gun Dec Ru/12 When the telegram of 15th Septembre bout the French Rep 6o the effect that Supland Aura CHJ sagsing a good deal Encoreraging bresist the legitimat demand of France a for a it was but the bed live. Governor who does not keep himself in the back-ground to mit Peking. due acknowledgement sunis refficient Yes, Dec. 15. Д. RGWH da 13 E. A. Der 14
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Governor.

No.

Date.

Last previous Paper.

R & S (1099) 8 mos. 8--82

No.

Ceylon

DESPATCH

(Subject.)

(Minutes.)

Itong Kong.

No 20623

(Subject.)

DESPATCH. 0. 2002 113

RECP -

REGY 7 DEC 83/

Governor.

Date.

No.

Confl

1883.

250c

ast previous Paper.

سی

20594

Conf: 19 De

This Return from takin.

Reports - with referencets co. Abar of 18tept, coubes

that he had alrendy left thing aus he oid not are it til it was and to him as lekin : but he comenched für Mehhikes and others and no one could des that his visit could be brable to misconstruction"

Inmeade

Are for Path

20594

(Minutes.)

Gun Dec Ru/12

When the telegram of 15th Septembre

bout the French Rep

6o the effect that Supland

Aura

CHJ

sagsing a good deal

Encoreraging

bresist the legitimat demand

of France a

for a

it was but the bed live.

Governor who

does not keep himself in

the back-ground to mit Peking.

due acknowledgement sunis refficient

Yes, Dec. 15.

Д.

RGWH da 13

E. A. Der 14

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