a body of
men who
Love volunteered their
services for the good of the general community.
Any
Within theirs was
such energy
in the present instance
does not appear from your default, that Lord
de Grey has called her General Moon for Explanation of the circumstances about which induced
to make the demand.
No.
Slong Ting 5
14
It is requested that in any further communication on this subject, the above Number may be quoted; and the Letter addressed to
The Under Secretary of State for War,
War Office,
Pall Mall, London,
21 DEC 1863.
directed by the Secretary of State for War
to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of [?Buxton?] and to acquaint you in reply that on the information of the date of November, that under the instructions therein expressed Lord de Grey's affairs of
the expenditure of £11
has been incurred under the
authority of the Acting Governor
of Hong Kong,
the erection
of four batteries for the defence of
the Eastern and Western entrance
[State Under Secretary of Colonial Office]