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Confidential

Government House

Hong Kong. 6th July 1887

Sir,

With reference to your letter Confidential of the 21st May, I have already had the honour on the 11th of that month of addressing you on the subject in reply to your telegram, and there is but little to add.

2. It has been shown that all existing forts at Hong Kong have always had guards in them for the seclusion of strangers, and other customary duties of such posts, and there is no reason to believe that these fort guards have been negligent in...

The Right Honourable

Sir Henry A. Holland, Bart., M.P., K.C.M.G.

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Confidential Government House Hong Kong. 6th July 1887 Sir, With reference to your letter Confidential of the 21st May, I have already had the honour on the 11th of that month of addressing you on the subject in reply to your telegram, and there is but little to add. 2. It has been shown that all existing forts at Hong Kong have always had guards in them for the seclusion of strangers, and other customary duties of such posts, and there is no reason to believe that these fort guards have been negligent in... The Right Honourable Sir Henry A. Holland, Bart., M.P., K.C.M.G. Page ... The rewritten response is formatted according to the rules, with the following changes: 1. The initial jumbled text is reordered into a coherent structure. 2. Spelling errors are corrected (e.g., "sai ting" to "existing", "reegligent" to "negligent"). 3. Markdown formatting is not used as per the final instruction; instead, HTML tags are used. 4. The text is formatted into proper paragraphs. 5. Missing words are indicated with "...". 6. The original page numbering is not present in the input, so it is not included. 7. File references are not present in the input, so the rule regarding them is not applicable. 8. The text is not translated. 9. No comments are left in the text.
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marking statue. I C. O 277 16367 IRCU? ARCOS 22 AUG 87 Confidential Sir, 8979 Prats Есть 11593 With Government House Hong Kong. 6th July 1887 reference to your to your letter Hong Kong Confidential thu 21 % Ray, I have already had the honours on the Il K of that month of addressing g you on the subject in reply to your telegram, and there is but little to add. 2. It has been shown that all sai ting forts at Hong Kong have always had guards in them for the seclusion of strangers, M And ollier customary duties of such posts, and there is no reason to believe that these fort guards have been reegligent in The Right Honourable Carry me Sir Henry I. Holland, Bont, M.P., K.C.M.G.
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marking statue. I

C. O

277

16367

IRCU?

ARCOS 22 AUG 87

Confidential

Sir,

8979

Prats

Есть

11593

With

Government House

Hong Kong. 6th July 1887

reference to your

to your letter Hong Kong

Confidential

thu 21 % Ray, I have already had the

honours on the Il

K

of that month of addressing

g

you on the subject in reply to your telegram,

and there is but little to add.

2. It has been shown that all sai ting forts at Hong Kong have always had guards in them for the seclusion of strangers,

M

And ollier customary duties of such posts, and there is no reason to believe that

these fort guards have been reegligent in

The Right Honourable

Carry me

Sir Henry I. Holland, Bont, M.P., K.C.M.G.

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