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with the Members of the Executive Council, with General Sargent, and with the Acting Superintendent of Police, I did not feel disposed to believe it probable that these Triads - the Fenians of China, - would risk an outbreak in this Colony in the face of the precautions taken by my directions during several months past. However, all agreed that, after the very positive statements and warnings of the Chinese Mandarin, and after the strong appeals for protection made by the managers of the local Banks, and by the leading Chinese merchants, it was better to be thoroughly prepared for every emergency. Accordingly, the usual Military and Police guards and patrols were doubled; armed steam-launches watched the harbour; and strong military detachments traversed the streets in the Chinese quarter throughout the night. No disturbance whatever occurred; while several hundreds, (according to some reports