Harbor Master. I did not,
fire
on the
Mandarin junk
Mo thun tie & his
Witness
Teang Hor
曾海
X Mark.
me this
Jaken before
* day of October 1876.
20th
(signed) H.J. Thornett.
J
Marine Magistrate
Page 302
Geronumut Schgraphe
Frow.
Konsy.
To
Mor. Baird
Harbor Master:
leaken.
at
d'Aquilar.
Opin
Yesterday at 14.45. P.M. a boat chased by a Mandarin Junk ran ashore below the lighthouse. Several rifle shots were exchanged between the crews. The captain and men of the Opin brat came up to the lighthouse for protection. The Mandarin Crew then came on shore and put a prize board on the former. They took it and the Mandarin crew beat them.
Here is the corrected version in HTML format as requested:Harbor Master. I did not
fire on the
Mandarin junk
Mo thun tie & his
Witness
Teang Hor
曾海 X Mark.
me this Jaken before
20th day of October 1876.
(signed) H.J. Thornett.
Marine Magistrate
Page 302
To Mor. Baird
Harbor Master:
Yesterday at 4:45 P.M. a boat chased by a Mandarin Junk ran ashore below the lighthouse at d'Aquilar. Several rifle shots were exchanged between the crews. The captain and men of the boat came up to the lighthouse for protection. The Mandarin Crew then came on shore and put a prize board on the former. They took it and the Mandarin crew beat them.