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Hongkong from my short visit to

Japan on vacation leave and on

medical certificate.

༡

While at the capital

of Japan (Tokio) I was the

guest

of the British Minister (Mr. Plunkett),

with whom I arranged some pending

business affecting this

matters

of

Colony, cAnd, as on my previous

visit in 1884, I received the most courteous attention from the Japanese Government. The Emperor

C

Wikade*) received me at a

private

Am

x. See my despatch W:362 of 11 th November, 1884. *- This title (Mi - "exalted" and "Kado - "gate","

is

67778

а

private interview, when His Majesty thanked me in grasious terms for my hospitality to the Japanese

Princes, Ministers, Admirals,

Generals, and other high officers, who frequently visit Hongkong and

are always entertained at the Government Bouse.

3.

04s Hongkong is the centre of British power, influence and commerce in this quarter of the globe, which contains one fourth of the entire human race;

and

is analogous to the title of Sublime Porte given to the Sultan at Constantinople.