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a military capacity which

be most

may

useful in event of my unexpected

emergency.-

I have ...

(Signed) H.H. Whitfeild.

Major General.

Commanding Troops, China & Formosa

Confidential

from

the

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British Consulate,

Amoy, 13th November 1870.

I am

in

receipt of a Despatch from Mr. Wade in which he informs me

amongst

other things,

that he

has requested

you

to send

a Military

officer to this Port for purposes of

observation..

With reference to this matter I beg to report to you that circumstances have changed so greatly here during the last few weeks that such a mission

is now unnecessary

and would even

be undesirable

in some respects.- I

trust therefore that this letter will be in time to prevent it. -

To His Excellency Sir Gane Whitfield, ...

...

In making this report, I would ...

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