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Police Department,
Victoria, Hongkong,
July! 1864.
Special Report of Piracy
Kwok-Yeun-Sing the owner of a fishing Boat belonging to Taiping Reports that while sailing to Sum-mon on the 24th June at noon, he was attacked by two Hakka pirate Boats armed with 3 or 4 Cannon; one of them came alongside threw two stink pots into the boat, then boarded with about 20 men armed with swords and cut his crew consisting of 4 men and 1 woman under pretence of searching; then sailed Eastward of Sum mon; made his informant escape by getting away in a small Sampan - had no Cargo on board at the time. Can identify the Boats but not the pirates.
(Signed) Wm Quin.
Captam Superintendent
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