491
in the archives of
A
letter from
the
moves
The Viceroy is now in receipt of
the Governor, stating that a telegram had been received from His Excellency Feng, Chinese Minister in England, to the effect that the British Foreign Office had consented to send telegraphic instructions to
the Governor of Hong Kong to give up the Criminals. Such being the case, it is proposed
that an
officer
should be sent
to receive them and convey
them to Canton. Li Ting-Fai
Commandant of the Sam-hop
Kwangun, has accordingly
received
instructions to proceed to
the purpose of
Hong Kong for
receiving Jong Pah-me-han
and the other prisoners,
bringing
them
to Canton,
where they will be forwarded through the British Consul to
the Viceroy's Yamen,
so that
instructions may
be issued for
their trial.
It becomes therefore the Viceroy's duty, in communicating the foregoing to this city's Acting Consul, to request that Lieutenant R?
may be furnished with an official despatch, which he
may
take
away.