In so doing, when they heard about it, they had taken on board a statement that this ship should hold her course for any casualty that might befall her in consequence.
I instructed the Agents I sent out. The gunboats, after being at a distance, were within three or four miles of the shore when they came out of the storm.
Any difficulty in sending them was commented on.
12 April 2/4 Hy com 27/41
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Colonial Secretary's Office, Hong Kong, 14 February ...
Circular
In reference to the despatch of Miss Craven, the Secretary of State for the Colonies dated 18 November 1868, my despatch in reply on the same, and subsequent conversation with His Excellency the Governor, I have the honor to request that you will obtain the sanction of His Excellency to procuring from London, by the first steamer round the Cape, a sufficient supply of carbolic acid for the purpose of disinfecting...
Conorable I. Gardiner Austin, Colonial Secretary.