A—No. 6a

On the last paragraph hut one of Commodore Seymour's letter to the Governor, of the 1 tth instant, in which he alludes to the " spirit evinced by the Colonial Secretary's letter," the Colonial Secretary will make no further remark than to request your Excellency to forward to the Lords of the Admiralty and Her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonies, copies of Commodore Seymour's letter to the Colonial Secretary, 11th September, 1861 ; the Colonial Secretary's letter to Commodore Seymour, 16th September, 1861; Commodore Seymour's letter to your Excellency, 17th September, 1861 ; the Memorandum of Ministers of this day's date, and this Memorandum. William Fok, Colonial Secretary.

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MILITARY AND NAVAL ALLOWANCES, &c.