application to the Hongkong Caucus" requesting him to take temporary charge of our five policemen consider it their duty, in reporting the matter to the Magistrate, to ~ request him to communicate with
the above mentioned Authority with a view to obtaining the production of the men for trial. A report received from Yong low-fun, relative of the deceased, in identical terms with the foregoing. With reference to the above report, the Magistrate begs to refer to instructions which he received some time
ago directing him in all cases of an international character that might thereafter occur to send a report of
the circumstances to the Shenoy, with a request that the Consul of the nationality concerned, be communicated with on the subject It is therefore the Magistrate's duty,
under the circumstances above detailed, to report the matter to His Excellency, and request him to communicate with the Hongkong Consul, with a view to having Yong Pak-mo-kau and the other criminals conveyed to Canton and thence remitted to the Magistrate for trial, so as to discover whether all the men are criminals in the case
and to decide upon taking such action as the circumstances may seem to require.
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