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"Hongkong, January 16th
Received, January
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Acting Registrar General
(M. S. Tennochy, Esq)
To
Colonial Secretary. (Hon : J. G. Austin C. M. G)
Junk seized in British Waters
Mr. Kum tse, Captain of — by Chinese soldiers. Prays for restoration of certain property on board of
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of
Enclosure in Governor & Pope Hennessy's Despatch No 32 of 11th June 1874
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Sir,
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Hongkong, 21st January 1874
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I have the honor by desire of His Excellency The Governor to acknowledge the receipt
of your despatch of the 5th January in which you state for the information of this Government that after a long correspondence with the Chinese authorities respecting the seizure of the boat of one Mao Itwan Chip in Colonial waters by a Chinese Cruiser commanded by Sergeant Li-e hav-hoseong of the Paping Regiment the
Fr Brooke Robertson C.B.
Her Britannic Majesty's
Canton