296
If fine last 6 the liar
office by the General Officer
Commanding the Force
in China
Straits, Let's stating
that notwithstanding
the decision of Her Majesty,
Fort
he does not
think it desirable that
the transfer of certain lands
having been effected from the War
Office to the Colonial Office with effect
in 1868 should be proceeded with.
His Lordship hopes that Sir J.
Colborne's
letter will not be allowed
to disturb the settlement
of the question which was
communicated to His Lordship in
his letter of the 20th
July.
Your letter
of July 23
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