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a
forward Months The Secretary of State for "Houtle
- remonstrance to the Right.
War still holding the opinion, that Her Majesty's Government does quite enough in providing for the defence of the Colony in men and Munitions of War, without being saddled with the additional expense for the construction of the Batteries
I have &c.
(Signed) H B Savory,
Assistant Military Secretary.
True Copies) MA Alexander
Acting Military Secretary.
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g3 Mr. D. Consul
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REC
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1883
10213 Hongkong
Hongkong,
My Lord Duke,
th
26th August, 1863.
I have the honor to report that on the 10th Instant Major General Brown, Commanding Her Majesty's Forces in China and then resident at Head Quarters at Hongkong, requested me to recall the Artillery Carbines supplied in the last year to the Hongkong Volunteers, alleging as the reason for the application that Battery of Royal Artillery at Shanghai
His Grace
The Duke of Newcastle, H. G.
&c.
&c.
&c.