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ncouragement of the lanton Antherities
in what appears to your Excalliney
course of
emr
a
by alls bonant Robertion,
who is likervise charged with curtain
prveedings characterized.
as obstructive
To deal with the last Question first; Excelliney will have received Despatch of the 8 & Instant.
Yum
Memorandum in
adds to the dată in
my
She
your Sepurate Despatch
my possession when
I wrote it, and I have requested Mr.
Robertom to explain why after receiving the Information he
required respecting
the Chinese Chang See tin he allowed three months to clapse without further Communication with the Colonial
Government; also to state his reasons
? / for Keeping back a despatch addreford t
Morisey
Chis
Excellency by
the Canton Authorities.
Your
With
reference
to the acts of
discourtesy complained of, I shall have the honner of informing your
elsewhere of the stips lather by
anival of Your Despatelus
Excellinay
before the I
by me before
now under
ackinnoledgment, which I trust with prevent
of any
a weurine
such acts
There remains the Question of
Trenty rights
ini
the matter of direct
Correspondence between the Colonial
Government of Houghing
and the provincial Authorities of China; in the matter of rendition of Crimmals liable to Capital punishment to the Chinese Government; lastly, in the matter of