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would be glad if their

F Litth

lordships,

Hall

"would consent to accept payments

admit this means of payments

Zappita

ter from the color to to made

You the

fre

the Hong Kong government

the at the rate of £6000 a year

from

...

If this arrangement

Feb. 1883, in that case

appealed to his lordship which will

the grant would be at

once

thy Sovereign instructed to use the

to press

In the

official majority "Legislative council to resory

& the

the vote

the requested

Wally Sam or

question from that date..

3.9

at the same

£7500 a year bring

time to inform you

Governor I

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that the

the Straits

Settlements the case. has

internated by telegraph the

acceptance by that colony

of the proposals made comprator forms suggested in the Treasury letters of the 16th and 26th

that the colony

Feb: viz

Shall

pay

to the Imperial

govt) the sum annual sup

for rail subpil

£6000 and also shall &

1

miable the special payments

to the French

Italian