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commanded the "Gwalior, to enquire of him, the circumstances of the case, and he tells me that the man got away from the vessel unobserved by

any one as of

course there would be

many opportunities of doing,

unless

he had been placed under restraint and watched by a constable deputed

for the purpose.

This

Company's agents at

Our agents accordingly

telegraphed to Galle with the view of detaining their luggage, and sent ___ bannon and his two companions

by the suesceding steamer a fortnight

later.

I have &c.

(signed) A. M. Iver,

Superintendent.

on

Penang informed

me,

in

reply to

enquiries made in September, 1880,

that the man

in question, accompanied

by two other passengers, went to their office after the departure of the "Gevalior"

and stated that they had accidentally,

missed their

passage.

Our

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