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this colony. You also remark that if the Master Mockin-se- lost his junk and the shopmen their opium, they deserved it, for British territory was made a cover for their smuggling transactions.
2.
As to the first point the Governor regrets with you, he cannot concur but must adhere to the decision conveyed in my letter to you of the 1st instant, which asked for the return of the whole of the Opium seized or its total value.
3.
From the value of the 110½ balls, the Chinese Authorities can however deduct one hundred and twenty dollars, inasmuch as the sum of two hundred dollars already paid by the Chinese Government as compensation for the loss of the junk exceeds the actual value of the junk ($60) and the clothes on board ($20).
4. But whilst insisting on the full compensation his predecessor so properly asked for in consequence of the grave outrage committed by the Chinese revenue cruizer in British territory, the Governor desires me to say that he entirely concurs with you in thinking that individuals who...