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to prevail as to the extent to

which it was intended

Thi "Sout

by

that Sir Henry Pottinger should control the operations of that Force. Certainly it was not contemplated that the management of the details

The Naval Service in China should be superadded to the many other weighty matters with which Sir H. Pottinger is called upon to deal, but in the same

manner as

as the Secretary of State intimates to the Br of Admiralty

the Views of

4. the Govt as to

the amount of Naval Force

of

which

should be maintained,

or the operations which should

be undertaken in

general, leaving

any

particular

it to the Br

of Admiralty to decide upon the Arrangements & the details which the Execution of those Views

may involve, so it was the intention

of H. this Govt. that Sir Henry Pottinger should have authority

over H. M's Naval Forces in the

China seas to that extent, although

which might

the

arrangements be necessary for giving effect to

his wishes, as well as all other details connected with the maintenance

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