"en route to Hongkong. Probably
the Authorities in 19
Macao will
be
on
the look out
for
them."
Acting Colonial Secretary to O.A.M's. Canton.
Copy
No 731.
Sir,
460
Colonial Secretary's Office
Hongkong, 8th November, 1872.
I am directed by His Excellency The Governor to transmit for your
perusal the enclosed Copy of an
extract from the Daily Press of the
date
of Instant, and to inform you
that from the S.S. Yangtse
sixteen Chinese Coolies
were landed
in this Colony on the 30th ultimo.
The Governor
can with difficulty
believe that, under any
sort of
Official sanction, such characters
A.B.M's. Consul,
Shanghai.