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"(signed)"

́R. H. MEADE.

Governors of Hong Kong, Ceylon, auritius.

Downing Street, May 29, 1878. exander Milne, General Sir Lintorn

ed to consider the measures desirable

I have the honour to transmit to Kong [Ceylon: Straits Settlements:

, from which you will learn the steps ndations. A further communication nditure to be borne by the Colony.

I have, &c.

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M. E. HICKS BEACH.

§ Miscellaneous, No. 35.

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I am to request that you will call the attention of the Secretary of State for war to the paragraph in the previous letter from this Office leaving to the decision of the Military and Naval Departments the question of adopting the recommendations of the Colonial Dence Committee as regards Sierra Leone.

1 am, &c.

(Signed)

R. H. MEADE.

No. 135.

The Right Hon. Sir M. E. Hicks Beach, Bart., to the Marquis of Normanby. (Secret.) (Paraphrase of Telegram.)

Downing Street, May 28, 1878.

PLEASE state if there is any officer of the Royal Engineers or Artillery in New "Zealand capable of designing and superintending construction of defensive works. If your Government wish it, and will defray expense, the services of a competent officer can be placed at your disposal.

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No. 61.

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