much as the wing at Shingfor(e?) is there for Imperial purposes, for
Cardwell will not with hot
from you! Whitfield
the power of sending for
it, should
any
Such
Serious and pressing emergency arise as to justify the you! in adopting
course... best that t
that
the rested.
authority in you! Whitfield is only to be exercised in case of absolute and imperative necessity.
I have
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See from. Comf
12753
163 Hong Kong
RECEIVED
JAN 31
1871
401
War Office,
28th January 1871.
Sir
I am directed by Mr. Secretary
Cardwell
to transmit it
to
you,
with
a
view
to their being laid before
the accompanying letter from Major General
the Earl of Kimberley, the accompanying extract of
a
Whitfield, commanding the Troops in
China
with the letter to which it
refers, from Lieutenant Buckle of the
Engineers, relative to the
appointment of
or abolition of
his
Assistant Surveyor General in Storry King.
The Under Secretary of State.
Colonial Office.