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latter that the for: considered the Proclamation as contrary to the terms of the Treaty of Tientsin & and yet

in

The final answer

1

the 13th of July

no explanation is given, and no attempt

makes to remove this misapprehension on the part of the for

I conceive that if the official daily

had thought it

necessary

Anyone the 10th

to communicate to the for the

Explanation of the Viceroy contained in his

letter

W: AVG & the

view of Sir R. Alcock intimated in

dispatch.

his letter of the 20th July at all

events he should have made such communications in the letter to the

Colonial Secretary,

#f. If the 13th July.

I think the tone of the foregoing

letter is much to be deprecated, but I should be much inclined to inform

the

copy of the

despatch that when the Proclamation was sent to Sir R Macdonnell

furnished

he was not at the same time informed

of the despatch of the Viceroy of the 20th & of Sir R Alcock's letter of

the 9th July. If this had been done, much

misapprehension might have been avoided. Nor can I help remarking that though

the letter of the Colonial Secretary of the 10th July

1

did not in terms request any

information, yet on

the latter

part

that

it was clear

the for Governor thought that the Proclamation was an infringement of the Treaty & Convention, it would have been better if Colonial Secretary had even then furnished Sir R Macdonnell with copies of the despatch of the Viceroy & Sir R. Alcock, instead of simply

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