CO129-219 Foreign Office 1884 — Page 338

Sir,

337

728

Foreign Office,

December 3. 1884.

H. Parkes

#196 Sept. 30. 1884

4

I am directed by the Secretary of State for Foreign

The

Earl of

Affairs to transmit to you, to be laid before

Derby copies of a Despatch and of it's inclosures from Her Majesty's Minister at Peking reporting.

the State of affairs of

Canton.

The Under Secretang of

State

Colonial Office

I am,

Sir,

Your most obedient,

humble Servant,