happiness and this is the principal object of the communication addressed to
His Excellency
J. B. Davis, Plenipotentiary, Governor of Hongkong, Commander in Chief of the Forces, and Superintendent of Trade,
Taewang 24th Year 5th Month, 13th day
(29th June, 1844)
Received 14th July
(True Translation)
(Signed) K. Gutzlaff,
Chinese Secretary
(True Copy)
Frederick W. C. Bruce
Victoria, Hongkong,
4th July, 1844
371
I am directed by His Excellency the Governor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication which arrived yesterday concerning the person, Wong ti Kwong.
His Excellency can only repeat that the IX article of the Treaty expressly stipulates that before an accused person is delivered up, there must be "proof or admission of his guilt".
The accusation of the complainant is no proof whatever, and the prisoner has not made any admission of his guilt. If any proof can be afforded of his imputed offence,
To the Commandant of Paepang station, Chin...
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