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300

from to day

a sanctioned by Royal-

Decrce, because the degislative Council

degree.

It does

not appear that either

the Portugese

Mr Duncan Campbell or the

of Hong-Kong

had not yet approved-

·

f it,

he believed that certain

points

were

objected to by that Body,

Sopused?

which might occasion the delay of

a month.

The Portugese Gost immediately

telegraphed in reply that their

cooperation was not to begin__.

before

that

of Hong Kong : that the

arrangements

were

to take effect

simultaneously

at in

the same

degree

Gost were

at all aware that the question

had not been already settled at Hong Kong

Dubstance

I telegraphed. The

of this to Y. X. yeste, day

I have elé

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