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Admiral many require some application from the Emigration Officer, she has "like power to seize under the Act; and His Excellency, The Governor therefore directs you to make enquiry into the circumstances of the "Levant's" case, then to apply to the Admiral for aid, and finally to report proceedings to this office for His Excellency's information.
I have, &c., (Signed) W. J. Mercer,
Colonial Secretary.
True Copy
Colonial Secretary.
(Copy)
Winchester, at Hong Kong,
31st March 1856.
I had the honour to receive
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Yesterday evening Your Excellency's Despatch of yesterday's date, and having held this morning a conference with you, I now proceed to reply to the application for assistance contained in that communication.
In the first instance I have the pleasure to state that I am ready, and have willing to despatch at an instant's notice such assistance as may be sufficient, in men and boats, to afford protection to the legal exercise of authority on the part of any Officer appointed by His Excellency Sir John Bowring, LL.D.