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letters are however so

totally

at variance

with the Queen's Regulations that I __ must wall upon Your Excellency

me

to

be good enough to inform whether the Queen has been pleased

to specially

invest Your Excellency with the Command of Her Majesty's

: Regular Forces in this Colony.

I have to.. (signed) E.W. Donovan, Major General, Commanding Forces, China and

Straits Settlements.

Acting Chorial Secretary to the lipisteunt Military Secretary. 80/24/

No. 563.

Acting Colorful Secretary

Sei,

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B Assistant

Military Secretary

Colonial Secretary's Office,

Houghing, 19th May 1880.

that

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I have the hover, by direction of this Excellency the Governor, & inform you His Excellency has submitted the recrut Correspondence on the dubject of the Band to his Executive Council, and that the murmbers

of the Council concurred wilt this Excellung that, in every ground, it is desirable that the

Clapor Thuskisson

Assistant Military Secretary

Band