be ensured.
I have
(Signed) P. Ryrie
Vice Chairman
(Copy)
Sub-enclosure to Enclosure 2. 440
Dear Sir,
Hougkong, 28. Cctober, 1885.
We beg to bring to your notice
the following facto showing how the trose
on the coast of Tonkin in
by the French Authoritico:
interfered with
The British Steamer "Galveston"
which has been under charter to a well
known Chinese hong of Hongkong arrived : at Hton - come in ballast on the 26th Sept.
and after being visited by a mandarin, commenced to ship a cargo & Sal; this she continued doing mutil the evening of the 7th October, when the trouch. "Gumboat "Lion "eutered the
bay.
and
anchored wear; shortly after bringing
upp,
a boat from the "Lign".
-side and
the
canue
-along-
officer in charge enquired,