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to address Her Majesty's Consul and pleased request that he will move the British ~~~
Authorities at Hongkong to take the mesessary steps
in the matter, and also that the
- Commander of the gunboat "Ising-fan", Pang-
be instructed to proceed
Wing-fee, may with his steamer to Hongkong in order to
On te. in
cooperate with Sergeant Tang On bringing
the said Criminals to Canton to
be handed over
to the proper Court for trial. The Viceroy begs to observe, with reference to this affair, that the said 13
fe. are
13.
offenders Hanghai pin important criminals who have been accused by thing- Ch'in pat and other aggrieved parties of abduction, robbery and spiteful murder. eAs they have now been arrested with the
in
assistance of the foreign police in Hongkong, which place they are temporarily imprisoned, they should be conveyed without loss of time to Canton for trial and punishment.
The Viceroy has instructed Corporal Pang Hung fei, Commander of the gunboat Ising-fan to proceed to HongKong to take into
his
Lug.
custody and bring to Canton the criminals Sep. Hunghai pin 4. to be handed over through
Acting Voer Majesty Consul to the Viceroy for transmission to the proper Court.
The Viceroy begs to address this Despatch Ao Her Majesty's Acting Consul, for his information, and to request that he will be pleased to prepare without delay Despatch authorizing Corporal Pang to proced As Hongkong and Aake charge of and bring to
a
Jct.