War Office
No. 257 Hongkong
It is requested that in any further communication on this subject, the above Number may be quoted; and the Letter be addressed to-
The Under Secretary of State for War,
War Office,
Pall Mall, London,
RECEIVED
15 JAN
War Office,
1864/4 - January 1864.
W. O.
||2403.
"Feb 27 Jan 15
Sir,
I am directed by the Secretary of State for War to acknowledge the receipt of your letter dated 34 Ultimo and to acquaint you in reply thereto, for the information of the Governor of Newcastle that the transfer to the Colony free of cost of lands when they cease to be required for Military purposes had reference to the principle which governed such cases rather than to the individual case, this being the subject of this former correspondence.
Lord de la Warr entirely agrees with the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies.