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enjoy his honours and the fruits of

obituary

his labours. I enclose an notice which has appeared in the -leading journal of Hongkong. As was said above, Admiral Lespès - (who has frequently been

my guest here), succeeds to the chief command of the French Naval Forces in these seas; his second

in command being Admiral

Rieunie

I

Mesterday received

from Your Lordship the

subjoined telegram:-

"The

Enclosure

160th June 1885.

to

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438/7

"The Treaty of leace having been

-signed by France and China,

all restrictions

may

be removed.

Repeat telegram to the Governors

of Ceylon and the Straits

Settlements.

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has been repeated ~

This

telegram

aesordingly; and a

Notification

has been published to the same effect in the Hongkong Government Gazette. Universal satisfaction

felt

in this community at the

a state of affairs.

termination

of a

is

which had proved very detrimental

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