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House o Commo Admiralty Agent

Board of Trad

Board

Foreign

Office

Home

Office

Ordnanc

Treasur

I have not the leath doubt

but that this pand has been committed

by Chinese alone, but when and where

it is impossible for me to say, being

unacquainted with the manner first shipment.

I have He,

gits

Mr Neville Captain

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Late W. Mr. Hoop Serpent "

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London 13 May 1846.

I have the honor to report to you

that

in conformity to your instructions, I did Imyself the honor of waiting this forenoon

"Clerk by whom I was

the Rt Hon : Sir

referred to the Morrison at the Royal Mint whither I proceeded accordingly to inspect the Box marked h: 130 lately

Landed ex

toms" Serpent from China, forming

OrRaw

of

500 boves of Lycee Silver received in July last

the Lirth instalment of the

at Canton

O

and which

Chinese Indemnity) and

opened at the Mint was

Lead instead of Lycee.

On a

being

found to contain

canful examination of the Box in question it appears that it differs from the other boxes in the following

particulars.

The box is in many respects of

smaller dimensions, the headth in the inside being 3/4 of an

An

inch

narrower,

whilst

the length is upwards of an inch shorter, and although the outward bulk of the box

is af

apparently; the same as

C.E. Trevelyan Eagl

compared with

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Boar

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