Any further communication on this subject shoul be addressed to-
THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY,
MARINE DEPARTMENT,
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALT, GARDENS, S.W.
And the following letter and number should be quoted in the communication, and rearked plainly on the outside of the envelope, viz.-
M
7686
11786
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Sir
RECEIV
19 AUG
(879
Board of Trade.
13309 7 113
(Marine Department,) Whitehall Gardens, S.W.,
18th August 1879
Inquiries
I am directed by the Board of Frade to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of 44th
ultimo, transmitting a copy of a Despatch from
the Adurinistrator of Hong Kong reporting.
the
liberation of Edward Barwick, a prisoner who
was ordered to be sent home for trial in the
United Kingdom
ou a criminal charge by a
Naval Court held at Yloilo,
that there was no
on the grounds
• legal power to detain him:
With reference thereto, I am to offer the following
observations for the information of Sir Michael
Hicks Beach.
The Under Secretary
of State Colonial Office
The