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Warrant issued by the Vice Admiralty Court of the Colony.
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I have to convey to you my approval of the proceedings which you took in this matter.
I transmit to you for your information a copy of a letter from the Foreign Office to which Department I directed a copy of your Despatch to be forwarded; and I shall communicate further with you on other points which arise out of the affair as soon as I receive an answer from the Admiralty to a letter addressed to them by my desire and of which I enclose a copy.
In the meantime I shall be glad to receive any observations you may wish to offer on the statement of the French Government that your action was less prompt than it might have been.
I have the honor to be, Sir, Your most obedient humble Servant
F.O. 26 July 1872
3 1.O.3 July
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