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COPY. 
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Colonial Office, Downing Street. 
31 May, 1888. 
Sir, 
I am directed by Lord Knutsford to transmit to you. 
for your information, a copy of a despatch from the 
Governor of the Straits Settlements, reg-arding the 
publication"of a work on the Flora of the Colony and 
Malay Peninsula, and to inform you that the steps taken 
by the Governor in connection with this book have 
received his Lordship's approval. 
I am, etc., 
(Signed) Robert G. W. Herbert 
The Director 
of the Royal Botanic Gardens, 
Kew, 
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