My Lord,
I have the honor to acknowledge G. L. Dept. 88.172 of the 28 August, enclosing correspondence with the Colonial Office on the rendition of Chinese pirates.
Y. L. is already aware that I once urged the abolition of the "Ling Chih" or death by slow degrees, and I have more than once urged this change.
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