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Government House
Hongkong 14th June 1878:
I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of Your Excellency's letter of the 13th instant regarding the seizure of the SS. Carisbrooke to which I have replied.
H. M. Consul at Canton has been communicated with as to obtaining the release of the vessel on security, and at my request the Commodore is despatching H.M.S. "Egeria" to warn ...
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Sir R. F. Drummond Jervois R.E. C.B.