It is right, however, to acquaint four hardships that in the year 1843 [Sept. 3] when the form of Sailing Letters for vessels belonging to British Subjects in the Pacific Ocean was under consideration, it was recommended by the Lords of the Admiralty to omit the insertion of an express permission to wear the British Flag, Their Lordships conceiving that this might legally be done in all cases wherein the Revenue & Navigation Laws were not in any way infringed. It does not appear to me to be of any material importance, whether the clause as to the wearing of the Flag be inserted or not, but perhaps your Lordship would think it right out of deference to the suggestion of the Lords of the Admiralty to direct its omission.
I have &c.,
(signed)
I Dodson
Ref'd Dec. 13. 1844.
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December. 14. 1844.
I am directed by The Earl of Aberdeen to acknowledge the receipt of your Letter of the 12th Instant, transmitting a copy of a Despatch which Lord Stanley has received from Sir John Davis stating the steps which he had taken with reference to the creation of buildings by American and British Subjects, on the Kowloon Peninsula, and I am to acquaint you, in reply, for the information of Lord Stanley, that...