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I am directed by Earl Granville to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 15th instant, communicating a despatch from the Governor of Hongkong on the same subject of the reported intention of the French government to seize Itu Island.

The Under Secretary of State

Colonial Office

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I am directed by Earl Granville to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 15th instant, "Communicating a despatch from the Governor of Hongkong on the same subject of the reported intention of the French government to seize Itu Island."

The Under Secretary of State

Colonial Office

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I am directed by Earl Granville to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 15th instant, "Communicating a despatch from the Governor of Hongkong on the same subject of the reported intention of the French government to seize Itu Island."

The Under Secretary of State

Colonial Office