CO129-166 - Public Offices & Others - 1873 — Page 232

ནཱ ཙྪཏྠ ', ན ཝཱ རཱནཾ,

RECEIVED

25 FEB 1873

230

17375

Foreign Office

February 24. 1873

Sir

I have laid before Earl Granville

Your letter

a

of the 12th sustant, inclosing

copy of a despatch from

Governor of Honghong

the

in answer

to an

inquiry respecting the alleged delay

in the release.

of

the Messagerits

Maritimes Steamer "Ava" in thes

wonth of May last, and I am to

request that

you

will state to

the

ader Secretary of State Colonial Office