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of the value of the services rendered by him during the long and continuous period of his connection with the Government of Hong Kong that these will not fail to receive due weight in any (of any arrangement being adopted) which would involve his removal from the Office which he holds in that Colony.
I have &c. (Signed) C. B. Lytton
True Copy.
Colonial Secretary.
(Copy)
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Horse Guards
18th May, 1857.
With reference to previous Correspondence on the subject of your desire to realize the value of your Commission, I am directed by the General Commanding in Chief to acquaint you that an instance having recently arisen in which the Secretary of State for War allowed an officer not in the receipt of his Half pay to sell out of the service, His Royal Highness is induced to refer to your case, Brevet Scout Colonel Baine, Unattached &c.
(Signed) Ford Panmure