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The Foreign Office.
MINUTE.
MT. Stubbs 21/8. Mr. Antrobus. Mr. Cox. Mr. Lucas. Mr. Graham. wp 20/11 Sir M. Ommanney. Earl of Onslow. Mr. Chamberlain.
23 August
The Marquess of Lansdowne has sent a copy of a despatch from Her Majesty's Minister at Manila on the subject of carrying destitute British subjects to that Colony.
I am to enquire whether Lord ...