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No. 261.

Colonial Office to Admiral Sir A. Milne, Bart., G.C.B.

(Secret and Confidential.) Sir,

Downing Street, July 31, 1878. I AM directed by the Secretary of State for the Colonies to transmit to you, for any observations the Colonial Defence Committee may have to offer, a copy of the correspon- dence noted in the margin relative to the defence of the principal Canadian Atlantic ports.*

I am,

&c.

No. 262.

(Signed)

R. H. MEADE.

Sir,

The Right Hon. Sir M. E. Hicks Beach, Bart., to Governor Robinson, C.M.G.

Downing Street, July 31, 1878. WITH reference to your despatch No. 63 of the 20th May last,+ I have the honour to transmit to you a copy of a letter from the Admiralty, stating that it appears to the Lords Commissioners that the necessity of stationing a man-of-war at Nassau no longer exists, and that it may be sufficient that the Bahamas should be visited by Her Majesty's ships in turn, like other places on the West India Station, according as the Commander-in-chief is able to make arrangements.

I have, &c.

(Signed) M. E. HICKS BEACH.

No. 263.

The Right Hon. Sir M. E. Hicks Beach, Bart., to Lieutenant-Governor Barlee.

(Secret.)

Sir,

Downing Street, July 31, 1878.

I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Secret despatch of the 10th June last, No. 239, on the subject of the defence of British Honduras.

2. I have read with satisfaction your Report of the prospects of the volunteer move- ment in the Colony.

I have, &c.

(Signed)

M. E. HICKS BEACH.

(Secret and Confidential.) Sir,

No. 263 A.

Colonial Office to War Office.

Downing Street, July 31, 1878. I AM directed by the Secretary of State for the Colonies to transmit to you, to be laid before Secretary Colonel Stanley, a copy of a despatch from the Governor of the Straits Settlements, inclosing correspondence showing the steps taken by him for the temporary defence of Singapore, pending the arrival of the guns referred to.

I am, &c.

(Signed)

R. H. MEADE.

No. 264.

Colonial Defence Committee to Colonial Office.

(Secret and Confidential.) Sir,

Committee Room, Whitehall, August 2, 1878. I AM requested by the Colonial Defence Committee to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 29th July, transmitting a copy of a further despatch§ from the Governor of Hong Kong with reference to the practicability of raising Chinese troops in that Colony.

I am to state, in reply, that the Committee having fully considered this question, and having expressed their views in my letter of the 29th ultimo,|| have no further observations to offer on the subject.

I have, &c.

(Signed)

* Nos. 217, 231, 241, 248, and 249.

† No. 190.

‡ No 224. § No. 257.

HENRY BARKLY, Acting President.

|| No 258.

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