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Fond de Grey has learnt that Rutherford Alcock is of opinion that the detachments of the "..." and Belooch Regiments now at Yokohama may be withdrawn from that station, and as this would place at your disposal, when added to the troops to be removed from Shanghae and Taku, an additional force in the South of China of between seven and eight hundred Europeans, His Lordship trusts that you will still be able, in accordance with the directions contained in General Crofton's letter of the 3rd December 1864 to send back to India the troops of the Indian Government now serving under your command, although the Government Force ...