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furnished with the instances in which My Authority has been set at naught - during the past year.

I beg to refer Your Excelloney to the Colonial Secretary's letter No 386 of

2nd May last to the address of Colonel Hay there. Chief of the staff, which

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for Your Creellency's information Despatch from the Secretary of State and letter from Major General Sir Am Straubenzie, showing the relations of this Government to the garrison of the Colony.

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These relations, arranged by the two Secretaries of State for and for the Colonies, has reference to troops for Service in china and the garrison of this

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As regards the troops for service in

China the

arrangements since Your - Excellency's assumption of the Command

of the Forces, have been Systematically

neglected - I have never received a.

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single

:: report from the office in Command, and

have been left to learn from Newspapers and

public

rumor, the arrivals, departures, and intermediate movements of the troops within

my Government.

As regards the garrison, your - Excellency will recollect that on the transfer

of the Royal Regiment I Complained ~ officially that this was done in contravention of the orders of the Secretaries of State, Again the 44th Regiment

was made a par