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W47.
Sir,
Magistracy, Hongkong,
21st May, 1887.
I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of Your letter W.Y61 of the 18th instant, and to thank His Excellency for the information regarding the action of the Government.
I regret that I seem to have been over-hasty in concluding that I was not to be favoured with a reply to my letter of the 7th May.
I knew that it was not a letter to which I was entitled to a reply of right, and that if His Excellency chose to ignore it, it constituted no possible ground of complaint on my part, and as many days had elapsed, I thought that that was the view which His Excellency had taken of it.
I must point out, however, that I did not enquire...
The Honourable Fred Stewart, LLD.
Colonial Secretary,
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161
W47.
Sir,
Magistracy, Hongkong,
21st May, 1887.
I have the honour to
acknowledge the receipt of Your letter W. Y61 of the 18th instant, and to thank
His Excellency for the information regarding the
action of
the Government.
I regret that I seem
to have been over
hasty
my
in concluding that letter of the ye may was
not to be favoured with a reply.
I knew that it was
I
not a letter to which
was entitled to a reply of
if
His
right, and that Excellency chose to ignore it,
it constituted
110
possible
ground of complaint on my
past, and
as
to many days
had elapsed, I thought that
that was the view which
His Excellency had taken of
in
it.
I must point out
The Honourable
Fred Stewart, LLD.
Colonial Secretary,
however that I did not
enquire
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