F. O. NO. 5400
Office or Individual.
(Subject)
DOMESTIC.
RECEIVE 349
MAY 24 1872
reen Office Deputation of Chinese Convicts from French Cochin China to Hong Kong
Date.
1872
May 23
Last previous Paper.
F. O. NO. 3210
of 8th May 1872.
(Minutes.)
M. Reade
Colonial Office on the Station there
The heat at says
Chinese Convicts were sent &
to Hong Kong because they were
not ... of the
the meaning "forçats" or "bagnards" of the French... it would have been sufficient
to land them and hunt for one Colonial Authority's hint
10.
sanctioned in the spot.
Ch. 1. for
with reference