Correspondence with the Colonial Office, 1887-1892

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Private letters to Carrington from Sir Henry Holland, later Lord Knutsford, Secretary of State for the Colonies, and Sir Robert Herbert, Permanent Under-Secretary at the Colonial Office. The letters refer to naval defence, the 1887 Colonial Conference in London, Chinese immigration, Sir Henry Parkes, the Blake affair in Queensland, Sir Henry Loch, honours, Australian Federation, the possibility of the Australian colonies separating from the Empire, the appointment of Lord Jersey as governor, and Carrington's return to England.

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