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Government rest the decision whether any, or what notice shall
be taken of violated promises involving grave loss of life,
serious expense, and inevitable feelings of acerbity on the
part of the people of the new territory, with whom it was my
most earnest desire to establish relations of friendship and
confidence from the moment of my assumption of the Govern-
ment.
23. I attach the documents mentioned in
the enclosed list relating to the subject of this despatch.
I venture to hope that you will con-
vey to the Naval and Military authorities my warm acknowledg-
ments of the cordial cooperation of Major-General Gascoigne
and Commodore Powell but for whose instant and effective ac-
tion matters might have been much more serious. Lieutenant-
Colonel The O'Gorman, Deputy Assistant Adjutant General, Cap-
tain Long, Deputy Assistant Adjutant General, and Captain Ber-
ger have had arduous duties which have been cheerfully and
readily performed and Lieutenant Goodenough R.N, Lieutenant
Keyes, R.N., and Lieutenant Kelly, R.N., have performed the du-
ties entrusted to them with conspicuous zeal. The active and
judicious assistance of the Fame on the evening of the 15th
bore a large share in the repulse of the attacking Chinese.
Sty I have the honour to be,
sir,
Your Most Obedient
Humble Servant,
Steung austaler Henry
GOVERNOR &C.