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Date: 1863-01-31
By: Duke of Newcastle
Citation:Despatch from the Duke of Newcastle to the Earl of Mulgrave (31 January 1863) in UK, HC, Return to an Address of the Honourable The House of Commons, dated 30 June 1864; for Copy of Correspondence between any of the North American Provinces and the Imperial Government, relating to their Application for Assistance in raising a Loan for an International Railway (1864).
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Downing-street, 31 January 1863.

My Lord,

WITH reference to my Despatch, No. 4,* of the 24th of January, I have the honour to transmit to your Lordship a copy of a Minute by the Secretary to the Treasury upon two questions raised in the annexed letter from Mr. Tilly,‡ the delegate of New Brunswick, on the subject of the proposed Loan for the construction of the Inter-colonial Railway; viz., the mode in which the loan should be raised, and the extent to which it should form a first charge un the Provincial Revenue.

I am, &c.
(signed)           Newcastle.