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having
- called upon and had interviews with the Governor, and put himself
forward as
empowered to fix upan
the spots for the stations, in fart
bi
daing a little negotiation
his own.
part, and in a matter which
subject of amicions. consideration between the Viceroy
and myself.
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on
On hearing this Iershed the "Viveray whether he had authorized Ting Yuk to communicate with the Governor of Hong Kong on the subjist, Hi's Excellemey appeared to be much surprised and said certainly not.
I then told the Viceroy what I had heard, and he said he would at
L
one
stop Colonel Ping Yuks interference and Spresume he dit so and hence the complaint of the Governor of Hong Kong. Mr Crail Smith's memorandum
affords ample evidence that the report which reached me o
of Colonel Ping Yuh's
daings
were correat - Further then
that he states that some five years
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official had been sent to him to find out the feeling of the Colonial Government regarding the establishment of these
and the
revenue Stations
v
appointment of a Chinese Consul at Hany Hony and that. Ping Yuk reopened these questions and that if he had been left alone; there would have been
no cordon