to state to
you that is Lordship you
concurs in the instructions which
the Earl of Derby proposes of
address to the fovernor of
song long & the effect that
Saigon may
be considered to be
"the nearest port" within the
meaning of the special telegraphic
instructions as to coaling.
I am to add that His Lordship
concurs in Lord Derby's opinion
that
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necessity to
that there is no ne
postpone the enforcement of
the Foreign Enlistment Act for.
25 days
as requested by the
French Consul at Singapore,; and
that His Lordship therefore
agrees to the telegraphic
instructions which it is proposed
to send on this point also.
I am further to state
that the question of the
export