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5th uistant, and that be was in request us to be good enough to inform 4.2. Whether we concured in the instructims teup

to the fovernor of Hongkong

and whether we would. under the circumstances.

consider it advisable to to modify on report as to suspend the adoption of the course Recommended by

us

until me or other of the parties had

declared war.

That the papers perins

previously

subunitted

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to us were shut timewith

sent

for convervince of reference.

In obedience to 4.2. Commands we have the

Amour to Report.

that isolated acis

of hostility may no

doubt be undertaken

by

me Nativin aurther within t

at Var

their being

to bring

to as

inter

to Spuration

all those duties

- hentral nations which

results from

a

state