cheerfully entered into the scheme for the destruction

of

a

the Paates, and even went the length of depicting

Mandarins of high rank, named Hwang,

accompany the expeditions, at the head of as

small naval forces. Hwang, for

accommodation, took a

passage

better

170.3.

on board the

high by

No. 4.

by

"Fury", and Commander Hay speaks in

terms of the zealous assistance rendered by that Mandarin during the whole of the

proceedings.

This will, I am sure, be viewed

by Your Lordship,

as a

step in the

right

direction, and it were to be desired that

the Imperial Commissioner could be induced

to follow this

good example, and be prevailed upon to coöperate with us in the destruction

of a

common foe.

It is

my

intention to address Sew on the subject of our late operations, and I shall lose no time in forwarding to Your Lordship copies of our correspondence. In the

meantime I have the honor to transmit

L

No. 9.

293

pp. the copy of an additional Despatch from

Commander

Hay

to Rear Admiral Francis Collier, and likewise a copy of a

communication addressed by the

senior

officer

to the Governor General of "Hainan. That

functionary

has also written to me, and I

beg to enclose a printed translation of His

Excellency's

communication, which I

trust may prove satisfactory to Your Lordships.

I have, &c.

(signed) S. G. Bonham

(True Copy)

Colonial Secretary

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cheerfully entered into the scheme for the destruction

of

a

the Paates, and even went the length of depicting

Mandarins of high rank, named Hwang,

accompany the expeditions, at the head of as

small naval forces. Hwang, for

accommodation, took a

passage

better

to

170.3.

on board the

"Fury", and Commander Hay speaks in

terms of the zealous assistance rendered by that Mandarin during the whole of the

proceedings.

This will, I am sure, be viewed

by Your Lordship,

as a

step in the

right

direction, and it were to be desired that

the Imperial Commissioner could be induced

to follow this

good example, and be prevailed upon to coöperate with us in the destruction

of a

common foe.

It is

my

intention to address Sew on the subject of our late operations, and I shall lose no time in forwarding to Your Lordship copies of our correspondence. In the

meantime I have the honor to transmit

L No. 9.

293 pp. the copy of an additional Despatch from

Commander Hay

to Rear Admiral Francis Collier, and likewise a copy of a

communication addressed by the

senior officer

to the Governor General of "Hainan. That

functionary

has also written to me, and I

beg to enclose a printed translation of His

Excellency's

communication, which I

trust may prove satisfactory to Your Lordships.

I have, &c.

(signed) S. G. Bonham

(True Copy)

Colonial Secretary

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