ནཱ ཙྪཏྠ ', ན ཝཱ རཱནཾ,
RECEIVED
25 FEB 1873
230
17375
Foreign Office
February 24. 1873
Sir
I have laid before Earl Granville
Your letter
a
of the 12th sustant, inclosing
copy of a despatch from
Governor of Honghong
the
in answer
to an
inquiry respecting the alleged delay
in the release.
of
the Messagerits
Maritimes Steamer "Ava" in thes
wonth of May last, and I am to
request that
you
will state to
the
ader Secretary of State Colonial Office