the cadets to learn the Mandarin dialect, and asking that it may be cancelled.
2. You will learn from my public despatch of this day that I have asked for your views on the subject of the Chinese Studies of the cadets and of the steps which are taken to test them out. Carry these instructions.
3. I regret that you have interpreted my despatch on the subject as reflecting upon the capacity of your advisers and yourself, and as attacking the opinions of Dr. Eitel. You will see that that despatch was written in ignorance or forgetfulness of previous correspondence, which had not shown Dr. Eitel's character in a favorable light, and was written at the time of writing.
DRAFT.
MINUTE.
Mr. Wingfield.
Mr. Bramston.
Mr. Meade.
Sir R. Herbert.
Mr. Ashley
Lord Derby.
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