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after the expiry
of
the book was
on the 21st instant,
was so
much
damaged
that it could not be used without re-haling. A constable
on
Boat duty
does
in Tung Chung during the
not carry fire
day
arous. I don't know
what the order here is on the 21st
instant about 1/2 past 10 I was
on my way
to the
Magistracy
I
was
called back and told there was
a Signal from Stone Cutters
Island. I saw Captain Quinn looking at the Code of Signals. He said it was
the
signal for the Doctor. I then went to the Magistracy and
was
when the case was
over I went
home to
get breakfast. While
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breakfasting a Constable who had
as usual been over to Stone Cutters Island in the Provision Boat, came in and reported the
escape
of 51
prisoners; this must have been
near
12 o'clock. I found that three boats had started before
me and I
got another; I collected all the men
I could and proceeded to Stone Cutters Island; when I got
there about
3 o'clock, I saw Police Boats over to the mainland and I followed them. I was shown the place where the escaped convicts had landed, and thinking it likely they would take over the Hill to Tinwan, I told them to