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72-5480
Memorandum of Interviewing H.E. Sir Thomas Wade. Reg
(Copy),
Government House,
Shing King, 18th August, 1884.
In April last I drew Your Excellency's attention to the fact that Mr. Consul Hewlett had officially informed the Acting Colonial Secretary of the Hong Kong Government that certain Chinese pirates for whose rendition he (the Consul) had applied in due form, would certainly be subjected to torture at
His Excellency
Sir Thomas Francis Wade KCB
Peking.