ficially to the 54- & holmirally, request that they will tie
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Earl Grize - 4
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D.L. 5 December 1848
Adverting to the heavy amount of the Hong-Kong Expenditure, and to the desirableness of Endeavoring to bring it within more moderate limits, I am directed by Earl Grey to acquaint you, for the consideration of
The Lords burns of this Freasury I The Lords Ere of the Admiralty
The Master Geul & Soard of Ordnance
that His Lodship has been induced on an examination of the correspondence to believe that