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those
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Colony for many years. of the F4.0. 5. 26, Cy having bean
imployed Your Petitioner takes this opportunity 1. state that both the visits of
on such service, And
fouign vessels and the employment of steamne to ton cep jeanks from: the nest Coast, have proved rastly Conducive to the foresenation of Chinese life and
property - To
cominy a proper idea to Your Excellency's mind on the subject. Your Pétitioner takes leave to mention
the following facts = About then
Years ago,
Messrs H. Scott & Cr
of this colony had three vessels
at anchor off a walled town on the West Coast called Jai froshan, echen the town being attacked from Cohind, the whole population
were driven into the
Bea), and would
have perished but for the presence
of th
the foreign vessels. About 3000 brought to Hong Kong
resugus
in Moessers Scott's ressils and shelter
was afforded
thim
ent; After.
gerriment,
a
by the local
sojourns of comes
months in this colony they
retterned
to Jai por-Shan in an evil hour, where after reviding for
ت ہے
short
time they mit the sad fate which the timely presence of
ressils had pomiaudly
the foreign vessels
them from.
And about the end of 186.2.
the Punti having captemed abuit 1600 prisoners
men and women
the opposite faction the Hahka. offered them as hissa emigrants