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No. 23.
Colonial Office to Admiral Sir A. Milne, Bart., G.C.B.
(Secret and Confidential.) Sir,
Downing Street, April 19, 1879.
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I AM directed by the Secretary of State for the Colonies to acknowledge the receipt of your Secret and Confidential letter of the 9th instant, inclosing a summary of the reports and recommendations made by the Colonial Defence Committee, since their nomination, and requesting further instructions as to their future proceedings.
2. Sir Michael Hicks Beach desires me to take this opportunity of expressing his sense of the good service rendered by the Colonial Defence Committee during an emer- gency which has now happily terminated, and of the able and valuable assistance given by its members to the Secretary of State in the consideration of the many urgent and important questions upon which their advice and opinion were invited.
3. With regard to future proceedings, I am to state that Her Majesty's Government contemplate the reappointment of the Committee in another shape, respecting which Sir Michael Hicks Beach trusts that he will be in a position to communicate further with you at no distant date.
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No. 24.
1 am, &c.
(Signed)
R. H. MEADE.
Admiral Sir A. Milne, Bart., G.C.B., to Colonial Office.
Committee Room, Whitehall, April 28, 1879.
(Seeret and Confidential.) Sir,
I AM requested by the Colonial Defence Committee to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 19th instant,† and to state, for the information of the Secretary of State for the Colonies, that the Committee met this day for the last time, and dissolved on separating.
I shall inform the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty of the termination of the Committee's proceedings; and General Sir Lintorn Simmons will similarly inform the Secretary of State for War.
I have, &c.
(Signed)
ALEX. MILNE, President.
(Secret.) Sir,
No. 25.
Admiral Sir A. Milne, Bart., G.C.B., to Colonial Office.
Committee Room, Horse Guards, April 28, 1879. I AM desired by the Colonial Defence Committee to request that you will inform Sir Michael Hicks Beach of their high appreciation of the valuable assistance they have received from Captain Jekyll, R.E., who has acted as their Secretary, and by his professional knowledge and official experience has much facilitated their labours.
I have, &c.
(Signed)
ALEX. MILNE, President.
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(Secret and Confidential.)
Sir,
No. 26.
Colonial Office to War Office.
Downing Street, April 29, 1879.
I AM directed by the Secretary of State for the Colonies to request that you will acquaint Secretary Colonel Stanley, with reference to your Confidential letter of the
No. 18.
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