CO129-235 - Public Offices - 1887 — Page 361

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In accordance with the

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desere of the Treasury expressed in their letter of

7th inst I

I have to request you

communicate with Mr. J. Kennelly a brother of the lunatic resident in Lahore

d to ascertain his wishes as to the disposal of T.7. Kennelly.

The natural course would seem to be to make mu J.

Kennelly committee of his brother. The Colonial Office Ihave been respected to instruct the Offices Adm? the Gout of Hongkong to give direction

for the detention of the lunatic

at Hongkong until you have made definite arrangement

with his brother.

With

ref:

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your request for instructions as to dealing with similar cases in future, I have to inform you that, unless in your discretion such a course should in ang particular cace appear

to be undesirable,

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you

persons adjudged to be lunatics by order of the Supreme

Count of Shanghai should be sent home to this country

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