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is frequently of a controversial character, and Mr Stanhope considers that its promulgation to Colonial Governments cannot but weaken the force of the claims it refers to, by giving the Colonies concerned grounds to suppose that the Colonial Office does not concur in the justice of the claims it formulates on behalf of the Government, while at the same time it furnishes them with arguments against those claims which have already been fully discussed and disposed of by Her Majesty's Government.
I am,
Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
Ralph Thieson,