I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your despatches,
of the numbers and dates noted in the margin.
Originals No. 6, 31 January, and No. 7, 16 February; No. 12,
12 March, to No. 18, 12 April 1866.
Separate 31 March 1866.
Duplicates No. 8 to No. 10.
(Original despatches supposed to
have been lost in wreck of "Labouchere".)
I have the honor to be,
Sir
Your most obedient
humble Servant Arthur N. Birch