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to state to

you that is Lordship you

concurs in the instructions which

the Earl of Derby proposes of

address to the fovernor of

song long & the effect that

Saigon may

be considered to be

"the nearest port" within the

meaning of the special telegraphic

instructions as to coaling.

I am to add that His Lordship

concurs in Lord Derby's opinion

that

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necessity to

that there is no ne

postpone the enforcement of

the Foreign Enlistment Act for.

25 days

as requested by the

French Consul at Singapore,; and

that His Lordship therefore

agrees to the telegraphic

instructions which it is proposed

to send on this point also.

I am further to state

that the question of the

export