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and requested an explanation
Ms. Ring
of the
occurrence.
I have
Sir,
(Signed) B. Robertson
True Copy
Ansal.
Andheri
Colonial Secretary.
C.S.O. No. 2407
Letter from Harbor Master of the Globes
Enclosing depositions. Master
The Captain
50th
The his punte
by
by a Chinese Cruiser in the Bay
at Capra d'Aquilar
C.S.O. No. 242!
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Hong Kong, 2nd November, 1891.
I am directed by His Excellency The Governor of Hong Kong
to
transmit for your perusal confidentially certain sworn information named in the Margin describing a violation
of the British and 3 Chinese regarding
the seizure by a Chinese Cruiser
of a Junk in the Bay at Cape
of
British
Territory by Chinese officials and
the seizure of a Junk in British
Waters if not
on British Territory.
The Depositions enclosed.
fully explain the circumstances
Sir Brooke Robertson C.B.
Her Britannic Majesty's Consul
Canton.