No 179 of 1886.
Inclosure No 2 in
Despatch
5 November 1856.
The exportation of Military stores proclaimed by the Governor of Hongkong, prohibiting the
Proclamation by the Governor of Hongkong,
No. 150.
Executive Council.
Copy to F. O. for information 26 Jan 57.
"Answered 10 Feb 57."
212 Long dóng
RECEIVED
JAN 12
1877
104
Colonial Secretary's Offices, Victoria Hong Kong, 11th November 1856
I have the honor to report that on the evening of Saturday the 8th instant, I received information from the Reverend Mr. Irwin, the Colonial Chaplain, that the lives of five German Missionaries at Puhkak, about 30 miles distant on the mainland, were in imminent danger from Chinese Banditti who had