With reference to my letter of the 
13th November last on the
               subject of the repeal of the 163
rd and 328
th sections of the
               16 and 17 
Victoria C. 107, I am directed by the Lords of the
               Committee of Privy Council for Trade to request that you will
               state to the 
Duke of Buckingham and Chandos that if His Grace
               concurs with them in
thinking
 thinking that course desirable, a favorable
               opportunity will present itself in connection with the
               Consolidation of the Merchant Shipping Acts now in course of
               preparation in this Department, and that My Lords will therefore
               be glad to be favored with His Grace's views on this subject at
               his early convenience.