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"thanks to me for my prohibiting the exportation of Arms and Ammunition from Hongkong to the insurgents in the neighbouring district of China; and had intimated that this insurrection had been put down by the Imperial Troops despatched against it under the command of Admiral Fong-jic."
"It will be recollected that Admirals in China still sometimes command troops on shore, as was also the practice in England till towards the end of the 16th Century, for Prince Rupert, Blake, Monk, and others commanded forces both on sea and land.
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I now enclose copy of a despatch from Sir Harry Parkes covering a correspondence between him and the Tsung-li-Yamên, Imperial Board of Regency, at Peking. It will be seen that the Ministers of the Chinese Empire who form that Board (and who received me personally with great distinction on my visit to Peking in last October), have written to the British Minister as follows:- "The Governor of HongKong by taking the above measure,