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The Colonial Secretary to all. G. Overbeck 223

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Colonial Sarelan's Office,

Hong Kong, 22nd May, 1865.

Hongkong,

I have the honor to acknowledge

receipt of

your

letter of this date relation to the

the

detention of the Prussian Schooner" Bacchante,

and am directed to state in

in reply

that the Acting Go

Acting Governor

has

no poiver to antrol the Vice Admiralty bout

in this Wolony, by which launt this Excellency

assumes the Bacchante to have been corrested-but-

letter shate be sent to the Acting

that a city of your

Judge of that bort.

Overbeck Lyn.

I have to.

(Signed) W. H. Alexander,

bonauler Agent

Acting Colonial Secretary