Ho
Co
Board of
Inclosure I in despatch 6 of 1845.
Duplicate.
Jurisdiction of the Chinese of this regarding / Pritish Criminal Private note from St. E. Keying
Colony.
Duplicate N°14
ful. 2 is 1020 HK
My Lord,
30
Victoria Hongkong 18th January 1848
I have the honor to acquaint your
Lordship that two Chinese were
seized by
order
of Brigadier Campbell at bhusan in the act of executing warrants of arrest on certain of the
to the convention
natives of that island by order of the Chinese officer at Tygosan, contrary by which it was agreed that during
our
occupation of Chusan no Chinese officer should exercise jurisdiction
on
the island.
The perfect order that has existed under our rule appears to have fully justified this arrangement; and as it seemed very unlikely that the return of the tivo offenders to the officer who had employs I them, with a full knowledge
The Right Honorable
the Earl of Aberdeen K. I
yc
of
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