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I have ordered a Court of Inquiry to investigate the circumstances surrounding the shooting of a man by the Harbour Master & Police.
(Signed) Mr. L.M.
(Fine Copy)
Hong Kong,
28th February, 1864
(Signed) W. H. Alexander,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
(Fine Copy)
To the Colonial Secretary,
In pursuance of orders to cruize about this Island for the suppression of piracy, I have the honour to inform you that after leaving this anchorage on Wednesday, the 27th January, I proceeded to sea through the Eastern Pass and tried to beat up towards Mirs Bay. There being too much wind, I ran down and anchored under the lee of Far East Island. In the morning, I examined several junks and then proceeded...