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letter should be sept to the Colony, but he
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sufficient to imporm
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Governor that his
Lordship has been in
correspondence with the
Was Office respecting tr Fleming's Despatch and that
The Despatch
appears
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misapprehends the meaning
of the Circular.
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Mr.
Mr.
Mr. Wingfield.
Mr. Bramston.
Mr. Meade.
Sir R. Herbert.
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Baron de Worms.
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Sir,
Downing Street,
November 1892-
5 Februar
I have the honour to inform
you that I have been in communication
with the Secretary of State for War on
the subject of Mr Fleming's despatch 4.36
of October 8th 1890, and I would point
ha out that i despatch appears to mis-
apprehend the meaning of the Circular, I June 1000
The disput Jespecially in paragraphs 4 and 6 where
he speaks of any surplus value of sur-
rendered lands being "credited to the
Imperial Government", and of the propo-
the
#t
sal in Circular of June 1800 boing
"a scarcely legitimate way of improving
the Imperial finances". In no case
would any portion of the value of the
lands be credited to the Imperial
Government" nor would Imperial finances
be in any way directly improved or af-
feetod. The credit would be to Colo-
nial funds, which are liable to provid