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12.150 Amy Lord,
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Peking June 30, 1871
In an Angler reported last month that the Governor General, Sir Thomas Wade, had been corresponding with him about the establishment of an Arsenal at Canton. The Governor General has informed him that the expense to be incurred is found to be so much that the project is abandoned.
I have &c.
(Signed) Thomas Wade
Earl Granville, K.G.