- confined to their Barracks.
I have, so
[signed] L. d' Almada e Castro,
Copy/
Je 101.
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Superintendent of Police to Colonial Secretary -
Police Department,
Victoria, Hong Kong,
the 7th September 1864-
for the Colonial Secretary.
Sir,
I have the honor to report for the
information of His Excellency The
Governor that a
serious riot took place
in Taipingshan last evening commencing
at about 8
o'clock.
A large body of between
200 and 300
men armed
with sticks forcibly entered the Lascar
houses
tearing
down the boarding-housings, throwing
the Furniture and