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much carried into the Village of
Aa-chung
near
the border
of
Fan-loi-Kong in Bins Bay where
The is still held to ransom
the
Me sum
for
sum of $28.-
The Informer further states that there is in Aa-chung a shop from which piratical Junks are fitted out and where the produce of piratical excursion is sold.
I have to,
(Signed) Cecil F. W. Johnson, Lieutenant Commanding
"Prince's Charlotte" Army Tonny, 27th March 1857.
Memo
Proceed to-morrow morning
in H. M. Gunboat "Danne" under your command to Kowloon, and having there procured a Mandarin,
you
will go to Aa-chung and
recover the junk
alluded to in
your letter, and take such steps
with regard to the auction shops
as
you, in conjunction with the Mandarin, may
Lieutenant
Cecil F. W. Johnson.
Commanding
H. M. Gunboat "Danne."