the
accompanying document is a
copy. With regard to the latter part
of the Senior Naval Officer's letter, in which he places at my disposal 12 beds on board the Hospital ship Alligator, I beg to inform Your Excellency that he subsequently informed me that accommodation would be required for naval purposes.
I have, &c.,
(Signed) "W. Staveley
Major General Commanding
the troops.
True Copy
(Signed)
Colonial Secretary
True Copy)
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Her Majesty's Ships Amazon,
Hongkong, 21 June, 1850.
I have the honor to acknowledge
the receipt of your letter of the 20th instant, desiring to be informed if any instruction has
been received relative to the "Minden," or if any accommodation could be afforded for Convalescents in that ship or the Alligator.
I have the honor to state in
reply that I have not heard of any intention on
the part of the Lords Commissioners of
the Admiralty, nor of His Excellency the
Commander-in-Chief to appropriate "Minden to that purpose. In my last letter to His Excellency Governor Bonham on the
The Honble.
Major General William Staveley
Commanding, H.M. Forces in China.