RECEIVED
MAR 27 1869
March 25 1869
L & B
London
Jam(es) directed by the Earl of Clarendon to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 23rd instant and in reply thereto to acquaint you for the information of Earl Granville that Lord Clarendon must await a report from Her Majesty's Minister in China, No 417/68, before giving any opinion on the correspondence inclosed.
The Under Secretary of State Colonial Office.