Zhoutwory, 24th year, 5th Month, 18th day,
(5th May, 1844)
Need 9th Mary.
Inu Translation [sic] Charles Gutzlaff
Chinese Secretary
Adam M Fraser:
6758. Secret and
F
274
Government House, Victoria,
(Hongkong) 15th May 1844
In acknowledging the receipt of His Excellency's Despatch of the 5th instant, touching some persons who trespassed upon the territory of Heungshun, at the village called Loongtini,
I have to express my extreme regret that foreigners should have been so thoughtless as to act in a manner contrary to the Treaty. It is satisfactory to find that they committed no act of injury to the inhabitants on whom they trespassed, and returned quietly on board. But there are many foreigners in the Harbor of Hongkong besides English; there is, amongst the rest, a large American ship of war; and the difficulty of proving that the foreigners in question were English, His Excellency, Ching, Peking...
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becomesThursday, 24th year, 5th Month, 18th day,
(5th May, 1844)
Need 9th May.
True Translation Charles Gutzlaff
Chinese Secretary
Adam M Fraser:
6758. Secret and
F
274
Government House, Victoria,
(Hongkong) 15th May 1844
In acknowledging the receipt of His Excellency's Despatch of the 5th instant, touching some persons who trespassed upon the territory of Heungshun, at the village called Loongtini,
I have to express my extreme regret that foreigners should have been so thoughtless as to act in a manner contrary to the Treaty. It is satisfactory to find that they committed no act of injury to the inhabitants on whom they trespassed, and returned quietly on board. But there are many foreigners in the Harbor of Hongkong besides English; there is, amongst the rest, a large American ship of war; and the difficulty of proving that the foreigners in question were English, His Excellency, Ching, Peking...
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