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Commander, on the 21st November 1873 appearance under protest entered on behalf of the King and the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court disputed, and on 'the U.S. Navy was by that name sold by Messrs Jardine Mathieson to the King of Annam, and after being altered was delivered to his Officers in March. The visited the Colony later in that year, 1870.

On the 25th of April 1875 the Gangwer finally released again arrived in which Phong chong and in March 1878 for repairs, were executed under contract as the cost of $660ct. She was taken to Whampoa for the repairs by consent of the plaintiff, upon an arrangement made by the plaintiff with a third person, Taulus Fun Tak How (hereafter referred to as Paulus) but without any decision having been given as to the legality of her detention, and without the plaintiff attempting to prove his case in evidence. The Court has since heard arguments upon the whole case and reserved judgment.

To the hull, and subsequently brought to the Novelty Iron works at Hengstong for the repairs to the machinery, which by the month of October were in a forward state.

When the Dangwwee arrived a mandarin of the third rank moküi was on board.

It will be necessary that I should trouble His Excellency with a detailed account of the successive steps in the cruise, but I will endeavour to make my statement as concise as possible.

The Pangwee, formerly the Unadilla, a gunboat. A mandarin of the 5th rank vad assistant Captain and second in Command Sum fai Kwan also a mandarin of the 5th rank was third in command. There was a captain of Marines Mokey with...

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