No 124.
Executive.
8/31 Hong Kong
REC 20 AC 1833
Lord Duke,
Stong Now,
376 275 June, 1863.
My Despatch No.120 of the 19th Instant I reported certain steps I had taken in consequence of the defenseless state of the Colony, and the probability of a rupture with the Federal States of America, of which the Naval Force had been lately and without apparent cause increased in strength.
The Duke of Newcastle, K. G.,
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