CO129-236 - Others - 1887 — Page 298

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oy

arie

pass without comment the

subdued sare aem

of Me

observation that, there

was

any question of

Nevr

appointing

221 e

to the

Government of Hong Kong, " or any other Colony "

For the reason men honed

I did not acknowledge your two letters of the 8th inst.

bowed honestly.

aud

t

the opinion of His Royal Highness and yourself by Omilting the official letters

tarrative; but as from

ney

you have again operied_

the matter up

I shall

proceed to

reply

な

your

letters.

letters

that.

made.

新

"

no referen

ce.

In one of your

Of the 8th mist. you say

in the letter from this office. of the 3rd June to the letter

written by you on

month, because.

of

that

the

2nd

the former was prep.

and despatched before

Catter

Carre

ation"

Knew.

under consider =

It was that my

letter

みん

the 2nd June must have been received before your 3rd June was letter

of the despatched that, I naturally expressed to the Military Secretary the belief that it

was

my

off the 2 sed

letter of

June which induced the

Colonial Office to reply to

my

letters

of

The 19th Feby.

and the 17th May.

In your

other letter of

you.

call maj

the 8th inst y

complaints of the discourtesy

& your Department "charges

and in the

ignore

my

same letter cutirety real charges

against Sir Georg

and call them

2.

Bowen

statenats

and quotations refering to matters apparently of

Cett

altogether private and confid= ential character, and this

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