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for food. The
The Mame
of the leader has
not yet been ascertained-
the
The town of Cowloon is in the immediate neighbourhood if Aonghong being situated on :-pposite side of the bay, and official Communication has always been carried on between the Police Authorities of this Colony and the Chinese officers
Officers there
Fi
councetion thus long maintained,
longer, and
now exists no
may
cause some inernveniene, as
we have been in the habit
of
handing to the Chief at Cowloon
12 ravious occasions (under Ordinance
7
12 of 1850) Criminals charged with offences against the laws of china.
Under all these circumstances
Ihave felt it, right to report
capture of this
this place.
the
I may add that, having intelligence of the contemplated attack on the previous day, I took the precaution of strengthening the
Police
Lieut
guard and warning Colonch Griffin, the officer in Command of Her Majesty's Troops
in this Colony, but here in Victoria all was quiet and penecable.
KEP.