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the acting Colonial Secretary
will furnish the Attorney General
with
a valid
statement
of
the actual
delay which
they do lay
before the court
did not prevent the
discharge of the prisoners.
meanwhile the Governor
has
telegraphed to Lord Kimberley
requesting that direct instructions
Sir Thomas Wade K.C.B. to H.E. Sir J. Pope Hennessy R.C.M.G.
Sir
Toochon
8th November 1881.
I was
When your Excellency
was at Peking I had the
honour
to lay before you
a report
by Mr.
Baker
regarding
the rendition
of
Certain Criminals
liable
to be
sent to
the British
Colony at Canton
on Lord Kimberley's decision
conveyed in this despatch's
telegram of the 4th August, 1881.
delayed at Hongkong, on
which
I had to
speak
on the subject I had sent to
His Excellency
Sir J. Pope Hennessy R.C.M.G.