a Communication from the War Office held on
plates that as the
expense of these
in Ceylon
funds
is
Some by the Colonial
Government, no steps have been
taken for their discontinuance.
J.R.S.
for E.G.
Togb
inf
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Further to Govt inf h = 152
October
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AUG 28
1869
War Office.
379
28. August 1869.
I have laid before M. Secretary
Arduell
your
letter of the 14th Instant,
with its
enclosure
from the Governor,
Hong Kong, forwarding
a memorial
signed by
principal Merchants
and Bankers of Hong Kong complaining of
the custom of practising
with artillery
on the parade ground of that city.
In
reply
to
request that
you will state
to Earl Granville that.
The Under Secretary of State
Colonial Office-
M.