such a Statement will now be requested.
by me, and will be transmitted for
your information,
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of such eminence, the latest Statement
of your
as soon as wired.
with the general amount, however,
which may fortunately be estimated for
the annual charges of the force, you
are already acquainted.
4. The strong opinion of Captain Ellis, that to insist upon the immediate
payment of the Hong Debts will tend
Seriously to impair confidence in
justice
or in
good faith, will be
presently brought to the notice of Her
Majesty's Government. In a subject
so
Close
to our interests, we
shall anxiously desire.
5. An explanation of the opinion
which you may form, upon examination, of the practicability of establishing
an
useful settlement for Commerce in the Eastern Seas of China, will be
freely acceptable.
6.
On other points touched on by Captain Elliot and particularly on
the
course of the operations of the remaining
part of this Season, it is desirable that
I should now
enlarge.
I shall
anxiously await the reports of the plans
Council