irregular- being
made direct to myself
by the Commandant
of
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enclosed evidence and the identification.
Kowloon - who
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I
1 May 1866.
of the Prisoner
by
several
witnesses.
evidently feared to lose timo by
transmitting the application through
lanton
This irregularity,
apparently the result of ignorance
and not of any
of any intentional discourtesy,
was not allowed to pass unnoticed and nearly led to the release of the prisoner Aubsequently- All ulterior dealings
with the Chinese Authorities were
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conducted through Imant Robertson at lanton.
5.
The Prisoner was arrested and
Jule
2 May.
My 6
1866.
Vide Inclosure (24% November 1845) in altr Mercer's Despatch to
t
State
drerelany to Oca 1885. M 199 of
7
I directed the papers to be sent
to the Consul at Canton with an,
expression of my dissatisfaction at the
ncompleteness of the pledge against tortures
gaven
last
a similar case
without a mino
I cold move
year by the Vice Roy, in
and declared that
Comprehensive pledge
further in the matter,
but would release the firisoner in ten days
if the requins pledge
мене
noh
given.
sent for examination before the magistrates. Nothing could be clearer than the
No b.
5 May. 1866
a letter
fum
in which
The Consul in reply transmitted
the Nice Roy of the sk
a very full fledge
May-
in some