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Enclosure 2.

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Governor of Hongking to W13. Mr. Minister, Peking.

(Copy)

No I Z

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Six,

Government House,

Hongkong, 9th October, 1889.

I have the honour to acknowledge

the receipt of Your Excellency's letter of the 28t of dugust and 9ft ultime, the former tromomitting copy of a note which you

were good enough to address to the Ministers of the Jerngli Yamen on the subjost of the recent violation of British

of Pritish territorial:

rights by the arrest, made by Chinese soldiers, two Chinese residents in this Colony ;

of

J

and the latter encloving

a

translation

of

the

reply of the Minidess to the written and

His Excellency

Sir John Walsham, Bart.,

HB. Ms. Minister,

oval

VO.

70

Peking