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with certainty arrive before that vessel's departure for the south, in that I have every reason to feel that, with the Land defences run up around the City of Victoria at least is secure.
3. With the work that I have learned from Admiral Kuper the now has before him, I refrain from troubling him about the important Aberdeen dock (6 miles distant) and content myself with relying on what I have done in the Harbour, and the generally improved appearance of political relations with the Federal States of America.
I have the honour to be, My Lord Duke, Your Grace's, Most Obedient Servant,