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disaster which induced Her Majesty's

Government to come to the assistance

of Mauritius differed in many important

respects from those in which Hong Kong

has been placed by the visitation of

the plague.

Without anticipating the

decision which Her Majesty's Government

might arrive at in the event of any

such appeal as you refer to being

made, it is necessary for me to guard

against being supposed to acquiesce

in the view that the case of Hong Kong

is recognised by Her Majesty's Govern-

ment as analogous to that of Mauritius

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and I desire therefore that you will

give this despatch the same publicity

as was given to your despatch under

reference.

I have etc.,

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