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one giving

Sir Frederick Bruce's Notification the other that of this Government.

I take the liberty of suggesting that Mess Barnett

Lous should have

am

the Colonial

opportunity given them of accounting for their belief in the views of Office as expressed in the final sentence of their letter inted London 25th May 1863, attached to first enclosure.

my

The Second enclosure shows the Attorney General's opinion of Messrs Bourn's letter.

On this I have only to - very clearly

remark that by " the

"defined obligation

on me is

of

Course

meant the orders I had received

from

The Secretary &

of

State. (See

Despatches No /5/ of 21th December 151 1862 and 87 of 26th June, 1863).

I should add that the last

paragraph of M. Iruale's letter

was not communicated to Mess= Bours, as it was unnecessary and would have been hardly

courteous to advise them to

out measures

carry which they had

already threatened.

With this the whole

proceedings terminated.

to pequit for export of

any

munitings of war has ever

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