quüle
unable to reconcile your previous cavespondence with the fact that the decision of the Chinese Impecial Government had been notified to you
long backe
ao
1866, unless it had
bom temporarily forgeller. As howwer,
it is now as en
lained not merely that
has
The Chinese Government at Peking adopted a decision, but has officially
communicated that decision to ter
Majesty's Comment, this Excellency
Government, is not prepared to countenance in
any way
departive from the official
annonnenment made by the British Admirally mission in the
wv evr
to supply a suppand
original despatch of the
Letting Government. Discussion of such
matters either by the Vice Regal
Casular Authorities
Excelle
to this Easthmay
Auver
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ttierefore
likely to be
mischievous than useful, and is
apparently "ultra cives."
I have N,
(signed) J. Gardiner Austin, Colonial Seevitary.
(Anne Copy)
Colornal Serrotary