the last of their chief, and it "would be impossible to carry the ordinance with the Nation in opposition to it.
"The matter was taken out of my hands, and there is "nothing in these documents to inform me whether the whole were referred to the Chief Magistrate to enquire into, or whether they were sent to Mr. May or they were not. The report was made on the special matter reported to him, as well as on the general charge of rendering Assistance in carrying out the Ordinance.
In the Evidence of Yoong Ayong, Mr. May's Servant, following Page 23-24, the words have been struck out: "Went with my Mistress and five children, dressed in English clothes, to Castle Street in Taipingshan. I do not know my Mistress's name, nor whether she is a Chinese. She has been dressed in English clothes ever since I have been in her service, my Mistress does...
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"Carrying out the Ordinance.