Chinese Revenue bruiser, I have the honour to lay before Your Lordship copies of the correspondence and reports on the subject.
A few days after my arrival in Hongkong I received a communication from the British Consul at Canton reporting that the Vice-Roy had paid $200 being the estimated compensation for the loss of the junk and had returned 660 balls of Opium, being the whole amount the Chinese Government could trace. The Consul added that as the Vice Roy had also made a full apology to the Hongkong Government for the misconduct of the Chinese Subordinates (who had also been punished) he hoped the matter might be considered as settled.
3. Looking, however, to the serious character of the outrage committed, I did not feel justified in accepting less than the total quantity of Opium originally claimed by this Government, and therefore asked for 111½ balls in addition to the 660 already received.
4. Sir Brooke Robertson, writing on the 5th of May, again urged me not to insist on getting the 111½ balls of Opium. In my reply of the 19th of May, I adhered