WCP3678

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Admiralty,

15^th. Nov^r. 1853.

Sir

In reply to your Letter¹ of the 7th Ins^t, requesting to be informed whether any opportunity offers for a passage for you in one of Her Majesty's Ships to Singapore; I am commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to acquaint you that no Ship of War is about to proceed to the East India Station, and my Lords would enquire whether the question of a passage by packet has ever been suggested.

I am, Sir, | Your most obedient Serv^t. | W. A. B. Hamilton² [signature]

Alfred R. Wallace Esq

Royal Geographical Soc[iet]^y

3 Waterloo Place.

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1853

Admiralty

Rec^d Nov 15.

(To A.R. Wallace)

Ref. passage for A.R. Wallace to Singapore. (cross-ref^d Wallace)