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occasion when
Your
Excellency desired to have
those auttionities informed of the Conditions
undu which the Secretary of State
for
the
Colonies had instructed
you to give effect to
the Treaty Provision affecting the rendition of
Chinese Criminals.
Heer
Abajesty's Government ti represent it-
in its relations with the Chinese Empire.
As regards the form of requisition
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the part of the Chinese Government for the
persons of its subjects who
from
I have myself.
no doubt as to thes
obligations of the Treaty in the matter. Neither
the Authorities of Canton, nov
of
othi
any
province, it appears to me, can be compelled,
may
have escafied)
it's kirisdiction, I shmed have been, and.
1
am stite of opinion that the application of any
Computent provincial anthurity made through
residing
any of the Consuls interested, may be fairly
"due requisition
however desirable on
occasion this
Course
may
the
You
be, to correspond directly with the Government-
of. Heonghing or any other of Her Majesty's dependencies. The definition or interpretation
particularly,
of a clause in the Treaty, move
I think cold only be conveyed to the Chinese
emed
Government through the officer appointed by
in the province
Considered as an
and I beg to submit to
exfordioney of adhering to thrès- Course until the Seentary of
State
for
Foreign Affairs shall have had the opportunity of instructing ther Majesty's Minister on the subzist..
in his letter of
Mr. Alexander, in
the