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of Kanagawa to undergo their terms went in.
of imprisonment
I have the honour to transmit to Your Excellency Copy of Mr Robertson's answer, and under the circumstances I feel that I cannot but instruct him, according to his suggestion to forward Copies of the correspondence to Earl Granville for His Lordship's Consideration.
I have to be,
F.O. Adams (Signed) H. B. M.'s Chargé d'Affaires in Japan.
British Consulate, Kanagawa, April 15, 1842.
I have the honor to acknowledge on receipt of your despatch No. 34 of the 6th instant covering copy of despatch with inclosures from the Governor of Hong Kong on the subject of the reimbursement to the Colony of the expense incurred for maintenance of prisoners sentenced by this Court to undergo their terms of imprisonment.
F.O. Adams, Esquire,