War Office
No.
Thumpert 7416. Hong Kong
1584
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, S.W.
RECEIVED
AUCI 30 1866
July 580 69
I am directed by Secretary the Earl of Carnarvon to forward for the information of Lieutenant General Sir J. F. Burgoyne, the enclosed correspondence respecting the deposit in Devonport Dockyard of two Brass Guns, &c., by Admiral Sir C. F. A. Shadwell Lumley, and to request His Lordship's instructions that you cause enquiries to be made with a view to ascertaining whether the Guns belong to the Public Stores.
The return of the Enclosures, which are in original, is requested.
I have the honour to be,
Colonial Office
Your Obedient Servant,
E. B. ...gard