No. 12
               
            
            
               16 February 1863
               
            
            
               I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of the
               following Parliamentary Papers:
            
            
            "Reports of the past and present state of Her Majesty's
               Colonial Possessions. Part 3."
            
            
            "Emigration Commissioners
Report
 Report for the year 
1862"
               and the "Return of Colonial Governors."
 
            
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               and I have to thank your Grace for providing me with these
               valuable sources of information.
               
            
            
               I have the honor to be
               My Lord Duke,
               Your Grace's most obedient
               humble Servant
               
James Douglas
                
            
            
            
            
               Minutes by CO staff
               
               
                  
                  
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