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I think it would be very unfair to Erionel Pang Yuk, who has always acted in a friendly and straightforward manner towards the Authorities here - if I were not to point out to your Lordship that from Consul Robertson's own resume, chequing the former had every reason to believe the influence of the British Consulate was exerted to interrupt the previous neighborly inter-courses between the Kowloon and Hong Kong Authorities.
13. Your Lordship will observe that the Consul states he had heard that Colonel Pang Yuk had put himself forward as empowered by the Tsungli Yamen to fix the Revenue Stations; that he had "interviews with me and in fact was doing a little negotiation on his own part and in a matter which was a subject of anxious consideration between himself (the Consul) and the "Vice Roy"... Mr Robertson thereupon asked the Vice Roy if he had authorized Pang Yuk's proceedings. He, the Vice Roy, promised at once to stop that Officer's interference, and the Consul adds "I presume he did so" and hence the complaint of the "Governor of the Hong Kong".
14. If their Lieutenant at Canton is in the habit of often applying to the Foreign Office, and Her Majesty's