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gross outrage which has been committed by Chinese Officials within the jurisdiction of Colony. There was, it appears,
in Hongkong, who is -
said to have been a leader of
the Triad Society, for whom a reward
of $500 had been offered by the Chinese Government.
This man took passage in a steam launch owned by Chinese, which regularly plied several times a day between Victoria and the native City of Kowloong, calling on the way at Hung Ham.
Some Chinese Soldiers who were also passengers prevented the master of the launch from stopping at Hung Ham, and when the launch arrived in Chinese territory, they seized the passenger and took him ashore. Immediately on hearing of this outrage, I wrote to the British Consul at Canton who lost no time in addressing the Viceroy. The man arrested was...