No. 78
7 December 1861
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Despatches of the Numbers and Dates as described on the other side hereof.
Originals No. 87, 17 September, and No. 88, 23 September 1861. Circulars 4 October 1861; Circular Note, 1 October 1861.
(Blank Returns of Blue Book not received.) Duplicates No. 87, 17 September, and No. 88, 23 September 1861. Circulars 6 September and 31 August 1861.
I have the honor to be
My Lord Duke,
Your most obedient
and humble Servant
James Douglas