499

Hong Kong,

on the night of

November last-

These Stores were

in

The 28"

the charp

there were three

Storehouses

n

which

form Merchants; were insured, I

und

Taking into

accound that

The

the queers ...

and

meu

73

the opports f

of

The Troops

wers

directed

the

Saving of private

"Ryment" "who were assisting

quelling

the fire, and, in

confusion which usually

the

a fire f

to

menitude of

mat

on the occasion referred to, these

Stores

lost.

were wither damaged

Sir John Pasumpton

property, he is of quinion that,

The present

is not

a

charge which

should fall upon Imperial

funds, but

or

but

fair

Parking for barns that

of the

alths the greater number

houses burnt belonged to poor

Chinese

Who

were minsured,

hat the

and

would be

& reasonable to

Valur

Expect

of the missing

damaged stores, setimated

at £30, moned

aither

from the

Concerned

k Ucovered,

Insurance fices

other

pom some

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