Sir,
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Art Mily. Seey's office.
Hongkong 4th November, 1850.
I am directed by the Major General Commanding to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 1st instant with the accompanying documents.
Copies are preparing for transmission to the parties concerned.
The Major General has not the control over nor does he see correspondence between the Ordnance and Commissariat departments and their Chiefs in England, and Implicates of their correspondence in the Colonies are usually sent home by the first opportunity, the Major General lost no time in forwarding
The Honorable,
The Colonial Secretary