tendering their thanks to Earl Granville
The for the opportunity, so kindly afforded them of justifying
themselves
to the Naval Government, and
that they will be quite content to let their case rest
upon this letter and its enclosures,
adding one important fact, viz., that they
were never informed, until after the Engine were made, that the Vessel was intended for a "Gun-Boat".
Gibson & Co. 7 November 1869.
Hongkong MINUTE PAPER.
12443
10.11.69
Sir F. Rogers
Mr. Rudkin's minute is pretty much what was anticipated.
1. what nobody disputes - mode adopted - was, instructions,
2. that in the absence of further instructions, the best approximation to what the Colony has ordered
3. what had also occurred to us. But the instructions are inconsistent -
"Cutting down tovo" is rather involved and Kin
4. But then what is the purport of the instructions -
nothing but the Express Requisition to produce I. & M. Pattern "home" of the Makers of the agents.
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