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of the fovernor which

will probably admit of a Considerable saving in

the amount se

requires to

provide for this appointment

Subject

to ities changes.

pivolved in this proposal,

which will be submitted

to their Lordships immediat

that it is ready for decision

I

arn to state that His

Grace sees no reason to

object to the expenditure Contemplated in the

Governor's Cleopatet Mo

20th

of the 20 to September,

and that he would

propose, with their

Lordships Concurrenes,

to assent to the same.

With reference to the despatch to y/4s of the= 22th of September, I am

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directed to state that this

Estimate

of

£1.031 for the

furniture of a fovemment

House Situated in an

Oriental Colony and at

so great

a distance as

Hong hong, appears to the

Leuke

of

Newcastle moderati

and deserving of approval

On the nature

of the other

public works adverted &

in this decepatch it is difficult to form amy presice judgment in this Comiting, but his Prace would be disposed to

assent to itere in reliance on the prudence and economical disposition which Sir George Bonham has displayed

in the

administration

of his fort

There remains the