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you to state to them that Lord Stanley understands

that it was the intention

of him that all arrangements made by Sir H. Pottinger for the good of the Colony long and the places held by Naval Forces on the coast of China should be considered as provisional until his scheme of the permanent arrangements to be adopted should have

been received and considered : and that in the meantime

They should be afforded when

Under these circumstances

how Stanley

recommends

For the approval of the Lords of the Treasury this

proceeding reported in

Desp No.

Thavene

Sir Henry Pottinger

20. 15.

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75 Mundoch 29 MAStephon If De Laistrely

Spleens 143.

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The Earl of Aberdeen has authorised the Secretary to this Board, No30, of 12 April last, as relates to the erection of additional Commissariat-accommodation at Hong Kong the permission British Northants Bristol Warehouses on that & the neighbouring Islands & the organization. Reporty for the Survey. If the northern face of the Island of Hong Kong.

Having

communicated

with the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury

on the subject

of the expense which will be incurred in

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