by the age
122
5:
í
their property;
In a
- polition sent in by otters =
Brereton, Botton & Deacon
on beh
on 11th instant
some Merchants who
behalf of som
represented that they had "large dealings
V
in arms and ammunition which up to the time of the recont disturbances and
powsing of Ordinance 22 of 18811
the
they
used to import and soll retail to "the Chinese deaters," the following statement occurs which, I submit, is important as justifying the action o by the Government in seizing
taken
these a
"Your
" submit that the
extent
memorialist humbly
importance
or the
of the trade that was carried on " between the Foreign Merchants aud "Chinese Deaters is far greater than might. "appar from the quantity of the
armo
lately
"Patily taken possession of by the Govemment,
" as
the bulk of the arms used to remain " in the hauds of your
Memorialists until
"-sold or laken delivery of by the Chinese
"Dealers for exportation and ce,
during
"the recent riot and prior to the seizure by the Government, a great
thic arius
" of the
many respectable Chinese Merchant "and. Traders returned part of their
" stock of. anus to the foreign alterchants. to be stored by them for safety and
for fear of the mob breaking into the " shops and
te
taking
them.
(Ligned ) 8. H. Manh
28th November, 18874