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cause instructions to be issued for his apprehension. A is further asked that Wong Pak-mun and the other persons now in custody may be handed over to Li Ping-t'ai for conveyance to Canton.
As heretofore, torture will not be employed at their examination and trial.
Usual ending.
Translated by (Signed) J.M. Jordan.
Her Britannic Majesty's Consul Canton to Satins Moriarty Esq.
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Her Britannic Majesty's Consulate, Canton, 21st March, 1881.
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch. No. 15 of 6 January, in which you inform me in reference to the case of the 18 criminals whose extradition had been applied for by His Excellency the Viceroy that the Commandant of Chinese Kowloon had called on the Governor and had informed His Excellency that he had no objection to a surrender.
The Honorable
F. Stewart, Esq.
Acting Colonial Secretary
Hong Kong.