There was delay:
though I foresaw that it was for this delay. We then saw Hercules had no ships from the wet Indies, so it was to delay as much as in the Letter.
in Bedfordshire till the 18th June, sunset. "that the woods will be" have evidently been altered from "have been", and that the "woods will be" are still indistinctly visible in pencil on the margin.
by erasure
I have the honor to be,
My Lord Duke, Your Grace's
Most Obedient Servants,
Deventer Gyft Robinam
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Commercial.
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RECEIVED
14 JUN 367
1860. Government Offices, Victoria,
Hongkong 24th April, 1860.
My Lord Duke,
Referring to my Despatches
No 32 of 23rd March and 41 of 10th April of this year,
I take the liberty to enclose a narrative of the Chinese Coolie Traffic which appeared in the columns of the Daily Press Newspaper,
and seems to be drawn up with considerable fairness and accuracy. I do so because it may represent it as advisable to Your Grace to move
The Duke of Newcastle,