Inclosure No 2 in Bespatch No 153 of 1849.
Her Majesty's Ship Columbine, Hoi-how, 27th October, 1849.
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Sir,
I have the honor to enclose to Your Excellency a letter addressed to Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary by the Governor General of Hainan, in which he expresses his high sense of the benefit he and his Government have received from the services of Her Majesty's Ships on this occasion.
His reception of myself, attended by Commander Willesx, Rear Admiral, &c.
Francis A. Collier, C. B., H.C. A., Commander-in-Chief,
&c. &c. &c.