The hulkitor
Should be in the hands of the hunting before the following evening. Sman said he would proceed to buy the following day or see me about the matter [ he had not done so ] ; and the Magistrate said he should pay
inspicial visit during the aforesaid holidays.
In a short time the man was outside waiting for both the Meals however accompaning que to the Inter Court to give
over to me. I found that he had been so severely beaten that he could not walk or even stand alone, but the magistrate gave me four strong Policemen to support him down to the boat which we reached in about two hours. I might have taken the man down in a chair, but I thought it best to persuade him to go through the motion of
walking, as it might help to stimulate the circulation in his legs to some extent before we started on our bitterly cold return passage in the boat. We reached living before one o'clock".
Whilst at Haichung I ascertained
that when the man's examination was over that morning, orders were given for him to be beaten again that evening, and again the following morning, as a preliminary Examination before the magistrate on the next forenoon (yesterday). My expedition at least saved him from two floggings.
It is conclusive that the man Sman was naturalised on Feb. 27, 1864 under Act of 1852, after a residence of upwards of 63 years in the British treaty settlements, and that on his arrival at Hong...