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Hongkong to the effect that the Police magistrates had stated that it was for the Annamese government absolutely necessary, that a competent officer should be appointed to Hongkong who would be able to give such evidence as a consul to reside in Hong Kong to look after the country's mercantile transactions, and the students who are residing there, and when officers are enquiring into cases, it was necessary to facilitate enquiry and conviction in such cases.
As your government is ready to cooperate with the writer's Government in dealing with these cases, his Government keenly desires to appoint an officer to look after them. At present his Government should have an officer of the Annamese Government present who will be able to give the necessary evidence. The writer's government had long wished for such an appointment, but as you are far from this country, he has not had the opportunity of bringing the matter...