&
Do are
also the Opium Farmers at
Saigon, Mr. Ban Hap himself
proceeded.
in
on
the "Oxus to Saigon
the hope of inducing the Governor of Saigon to seize the Opium.
5.
On the ofthe instant the
Asting Attorney General called on
me
and
reported
that another of the Messageries Maritimes steamers,
"the "Anadyr"
was in the waters of the Colony with a quantity of prepared Opium on board and
that the Opium "Farmer had applied search warrant to Mr. Creagh,
a
for. the Acting Police Magistrate,_ that Mr. Creagh had refused to issue it, and that Mr. Ng Achor
the
>
legal adviser of the Farmer, was about
the Supreme Court for
moving
a
- mandamus to compel the issue of
the search warrant.
6.
my
I told Mr. Russell that
view of the matter was that which I had expressed at
Executive Council when we
considered the case
a recent
of the "Oxus", and he accordingly appeared my behalf to resist mr. Ng Choy's motion and to support the Postal Convention. The Anadyr advertised to sail that night at
cleven o'clock.
6.
vas
On hearing Mr. Ng Choy's
argument for the Opium For
5.
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