the Chamber of Commerce,
it is his duty to give protection to commerce, and that he so disposes of the forces under his command and possessions, and that the disposition seems to him most conducive to the attainment of that object, be ordered by Her Majesty's Government.
He need not assure the Chamber of Commerce that he will reciprocate their desire to have British Trade effectually guarded, and that the interests represented in Hong Kong are alive to the wishes of the Chamber.
I have &c.
1;
(Signed) Mr. William Perry,
Secretary to the Commander-in-Chief
DRAFT.
my Hong Kong by Vase √257.
Sir. Bowen
MINUTE.
Mr. Pearson 24th.
DeRobeck
Mr. Wingfield. 24
Mr. Bramston.
Mr. Meade.
Sir R. Herbert.
Mr. Ashley.
Lord Derby
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Li
On receiving the
Marsh'; Desp: no.
of the 28 Sept:,
245
which I propose to answer I'm lost no time in drawing the attention of the L.C. of the Admiralty to the statement in the 3rd par: that there were at the time he wrote no British Ships of War in the
£2.7.670.
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