CO129-219 Foreign Office 1884 — Page 313

of

British vessels seiling from the

Eastern Colonies,

I am directed

by

Earl

Grauville to transmit to

Jr copies of

the

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Her Majesty & Gwerument are prepared

to

recognize

the Blockade

of

the Fo... of

Formosa as a

Belligerent Blockade and that

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So long

correspondence noted in the margin which To

From Mr Wadding

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น

has pased between the French Ambassador from

in London and this Department in regard

to the views of

the subject.

Yesterday

Aer Majesty & Government

A copy of a telegram sent

to Her Majesty's Representatives

in China and

Japan is also incloed

herewith in which it is stated that

on

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to

ft

November 17. 168

Of

Ster

Vi

as it is confined to a bart.

are not interferen

locality and neutral ships

with on

the high seas, they will not use a

Prelam stim

of

reutrality, but will limit their

action to the strict enforcement of the Foreign

Enlistment act.

I am to request that in laying this letter before the Earl of Derby you

will

move him to cause the

unstructions

receuary

in this matter to be issued to the Colonial

Authorities of Ceylon, the traits Settlements

and

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