in any affair concerning bith parties
shall be under the
management of
British offices and that Chinese subjects shall be tried by their
Mandarins.
As now the Sinan clerk is indeed
Ol
native of China, and the fishermen along the coast of Hongkong
are not to be compared to Englishmen, they ought according to the treaty to be dealt with by the Chinese Mandarins, and be treated according
to
the laws of the Central Government.
instance ...
If for Englishman in defiance
of the treaty proceeds into the interior and creates disturbance & the Great
Minister will send him to
the
Honorable Envoy to be examined and
prosecuted, and ... punish and imprison him.
220"
account detain
Wherefore, would request you
the Honorable Envoy, to direct the British
Officers under
your
269 command, to hand
over the Sinan clerk and his people to the
Kowloon authorities.
The Deputy Governor being
near at hand distinctly enter into the bearings of the case, and whenever the proceedings
end, the Great Minister
are
at an
shall communicate to you
The Honorable
Envoy the result for your information, Whilst addressing this letter, I
wish you very happiness.
(Signed) Keying in Mantoluo characters.
Without date.
Received 6th December, 1844.
True Translation
(Signed) Charles Gutzlaff :
Chinese Secretary.
True
Copy
Frederick M.Q. Bruce
Officer