Troops afloat.
"
Cone Petrie
(Signed) W. Staveley.
Major General Commanding,
Cape Colony
etc etc etc
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Her Majesty's Ship Amazon, Hongkong, 22nd June, 1847
On the receipt of Your Excellency's
letter of the 21st inst., relative to the accommodation of 100 men of the 95th
Regiment on board the Minden, I made
every inquiry as to the propriety of complying
with the wish of the Honorable the
Major General.
I find a strict order from His Excellency the Naval Commander in Chief, to as late a date as April last, not to allow troops to be received on board Her Majesty's ships, except in
the case of great necessity, a copy of which I
His Excellency S. G. Bonham, C. B. The Governor of Hongkong,
& Her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary
to the Court of China.
Froops afloat.
"
Cone Petrzel
(Signed) W. Staveley.
Major General Commanding,
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Her Majesty's Ship Amazon, Mongkong, 22nd June, 1847
On the receipt of Your Excellency's
letter of the 21th inch, relative to the accommodation of 100 now of the 95
th.
Regiment on board the Minden, I made
as to the propriety of complying
every inquiry
with the wish of the Honorable the
Major General.
I find a street order from This -Excellency the Naval Commander in Chief, to late a date as April last, not to allow coon the frows of Her Majesty's ships to be received there,
of to
so
case)
, except in
the
of great necessity, a copy of which I
His Excellency S. G. Bonham, C. B. The Governor of Hongkong,
& Ther Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary
to the Court of China .
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