Despatch 1.32 of 1860-
Inclosure Not in
20th Jany. 1860.
of 45 Chinese from Houston.
concerning the kidnapping
2 Letters From Mr Caldwell
172
(Copy)
The Statement of Ing Asoong, age nineteen, apparently a youth, a native of Chew Chow.
On the 6th December last I left my native place with 124 others in a junk for Hongkong with the intention of proceeding to the Betel nut producing country. We reached Houghing on the 8th and removed to a passage boat that was about proceeding to Macao, from which place we were to take passage in...