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future; but in the meantime, I do

not think it right to discontinue

3.

such salutes, if they

for.

are

asked

When administering the

Government in 1882, I

was asked

privately by the Consuls of Spain and Portugal whether I

could authorize salutes

for

the

- Governors of the Phillipines and of Macao, who were expected to

call here

on their

way

to Europe.

I expressed my regret that I_

did not feel authorized to do so,

but

I

but of placed the Governor's steam.

launch at the disposal of these

High Officials, and did ever

everything

else I could to shew them the

respect and courtesy to which

they

their

were entitled during brief residence in this Colony.

I have the honour to be

€ 1by Lord,

Your Lordship's Most Obedient

Humble Servant,

Munda