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:11th and east anchor of Sai Ying Pun.
That on the 18th her Sugar was landed and placed in the Jak-Cheung Hong. That on the 19th your petitioner obtained from the Harbour Master permission to sail the junk to Sam Shui in order to have her bottom cleansed.
That on the 20th some friends came on board and told your petitioner that they had a cargo of salt fish at Little Hongkong (Aberdeen) to be shipped. The crew consulted together as to whether it was propitious to go for the purifying of the vessel. That at 8 o'clock that night we weighed anchor and set sail from Sai Ying Pun.
That on her arrival at the foot of the Kam Kau hill she fell in with a small steamer which had craftily assumed the appearance of a mandarin cruiser. That they told your petitioner to petition and do what he may. That they took your petitioner's junk outside the boundaries of the Colony to a place called Vam Ah (Lamma) and robbed him of 61 packages of Patna Opium, everything on board of the junk, and the crew's clothes.
On the 21st they let the junk back to Hongkong and your petitioner came and reported the matter to the ...