Troops afloat.
"
Cone Petrie
(Signed) W. Staveley.
Major General Commanding,
Cape Colony
etc etc etc
(Copy)
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Her Majesty's Ship Amazon, Hongkong, 22nd June, 1847
On the receipt of Your Excellency's
letter of the 21st inst., relative to the accommodation of 100 men of the 95th
Regiment on board the Minden, I made
every inquiry as to the propriety of complying
with the wish of the Honorable the
Major General.
I find a strict order from His Excellency the Naval Commander in Chief, to as late a date as April last, not to allow troops to be received on board Her Majesty's ships, except in
the case of great necessity, a copy of which I
His Excellency S. G. Bonham, C. B. The Governor of Hongkong,
& Her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary
to the Court of China.