Upon the receipt of this
Copy)
Petitioner
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was much astonished, and at once reported the circumstance to the Police Station. Petitioner's
son is not guilty of any offence, and if he were, he cannot be arrested by the Chinese outside their jurisdiction; it would
be necessary, if they wished to punish him for an offence committed
in China, to apply to the Hongkong Government for
rendition.
Petitioner is therefore compelled to pray Your Honour to kindly move His Excellency the Governor to apply to the Authorities at Canton for her
son's restoration.
Usual ending
Hongkong
) 3rd October, 1886
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Sir,
St. B. Mirs Copiulate,
18
Carlow, 26th October, 1886
I have the honour to state, for the
information of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government of Hongkong, that I have had a conversation with the Viceroy's subject
on the subject of
the detentions.
I referred
to your despatch No. 1675, of the 12th instant,
to which I am now writing in reply
preliminary to my despatch of the 1st instant.
His Excellency
the Chinese
said that the
seizing officers happened
to be fellow passengers
The Acting Colonial Secretary
Stv