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Knowledge) about going home from such places. I have applied in one or two instances to Consuls to know if seamen sent forward would be ...
ly mu) forwarded) but the en route would be awo w ka have leew 20 unsatisfactory to apply for specific instructions or subject.
that I deem it better
The Should the Lord Committee of Privy Council for Trade deem it right that seamen be forwarded as proposed by me, I respectfully submit that the Consular Authorities in China receive directions to that effect
(In-Copy)
Hove to (signed) 15. G. Thomsett
(signed) 18. G. Thomsett. Harbor Master
(Copy) Anne Copy).
Acting Colonial Secretary
(Copy)
M9719.
Siri Board of Trade,
152 Whitehall, 21st October 1865:
With reference to your letter of the 15th of July last, respecting the difficulty of obtaining passages for distressed seamen from Hong Kong to the United Kingdom, I am directed by the Board of Trade to transmit to you the enclosed copy of a letter from the Foreign Office, by which you will perceive that Earl ... had given instruction to Her Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires at Peking to instruct Her ...
N. G. Thomsett, Esq
The Harbor Master,
Hong Kong.