Governor
Draft Telegram 6758
No.10
Kennedy 8.10
Date
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33 Straits
2330
(Subject.)
DESPATCH.
Circumstances under which The 31 Convicts in Chairs were released
Affidavits of
33 Lee men & 2550
Memo ? R:95-12 July 1872
(Minutes.)
M. Mercer.
As the 31 Convicts belonging to Hong Kong, who were undergoing transportation in the Straits could not be sent to H.M.'s & their maintenance in the Straits would be very costly, no doubt it was the easiest way of solving the difficulty by joining their free