CO129-273 - Governor Sir Robinson & Others - 1896 [10-12] — Page 47

Hongkong.

Secret.

2385 Cale

C. O.

24133

den 25 WV 96,

45

Gove.

9th November. 1896

ment House

2. Oct.

Sa

18538

8 Ketera

Sir.

I have the honour to acknowledge

the receipt of your Secret Despatch of

and in reply to inform you.

that I shall not fail to have Dr

Grosser's proceedings closely watched

on his arrival here.

It would be of great assistance to

Right Hon

Joseph Chamberlain M.P.

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Hongkong.

Secret.

2385 Cable

C. O.

24133

dated 25 Oct 96,

45

Govt.

9th November. 1896

ment House

2. Oct.

Sa

18538

8 October

Sir.

I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Secret Despatch of 2nd Oct. and in reply to inform you that I shall not fail to have Dr Grosser's proceedings closely watched on his arrival here.

It would be of great assistance to Right Hon Joseph Chamberlain M.P.

This version corrects obvious OCR errors, rejoins sentences, and maintains the original structure as much as possible while outputting in HTML.