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and in a matter which was a subject of anxious consideration between the Viceroy and myself.
On hearing this, I asked the Viceroy whether he had authorized Tuck to communicate with the Governor of Hong Kong. His Excellency appeared to be much surprised and said "certainly not".
I then told the Viceroy what I had heard, and he said he would at once stop Colonel Peng Tuck's interference. And I presume he did so, and hence the complaint of the Governor of Longthong.
Mr. Cecil Smith's memorandum affords ample evidence that the reports which reached me of Colonel Peng's doings were correct. Further than that, he states that some five years since, an official had been sent to him to find out the feeling of the Colonial Government regarding the establishment of these revenue stations and the appointment of Chinese Consul at Ping. Ink reopened these questions, and if he had been left alone, there would have been no cordon stations round the Island.
The Viceroy of Ava does not appear to be anxious to do anything unfriendly toward the Colonial Government, and yet at this time, I was debating with the Viceroy...