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RECEIVED
411
1 March Admiralty,
MAR. 9 1844
8th March 1844.
Having laid before My
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Agent
of Trade
Lords
Commissioners of the Admiralty
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your Letter of the 29th ult., enclosing the extract of
Sir Henry
despatch from
Pottinger
suggesting certain Regulations to
prevent the future like largeness of demand from any
British ship of war or Merchant vessel
in Hong Kong
or any of the
Chinese Ports, and requesting to
be informed whether their Lordships
see any
reason
to
object
James Stephen Esq.
Colonial Office