letters are however so
totally
at variance
with the Queen's Regulations that I __ must wall upon Your Excellency
me
to
be good enough to inform whether the Queen has been pleased
to specially
invest Your Excellency with the Command of Her Majesty's
: Regular Forces in this Colony.
I have to.. (signed) E.W. Donovan, Major General, Commanding Forces, China and
Straits Settlements.
Acting Chorial Secretary to the lipisteunt Military Secretary. 80/24/
No. 563.
Acting Colorful Secretary
Sei,
9803
B Assistant
Military Secretary
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Houghing, 19th May 1880.
that
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I have the hover, by direction of this Excellency the Governor, & inform you His Excellency has submitted the recrut Correspondence on the dubject of the Band to his Executive Council, and that the murmbers
of the Council concurred wilt this Excellung that, in every ground, it is desirable that the
Clapor Thuskisson
Assistant Military Secretary
Band