dragged
on
board again by
those who had taken
steps to prevent the
Ferry Boat from trucking
at Hang Kian
When I
was at the
Tsungli Yamen on 29th ult.,
I called the attention of the Ministers to the
serious consequence
which would result
from these repeated
attempts at interference with
the
jurisdictional
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rights
of the Colony. I pointed
out to them that the Viceroy
of Canton had in the present instance given
a
fresh proof of his unfriendly attitude towards the Hongkong Govt.,
seeing that although H.M.
Consul had demanded on the 13th of Oct. he did not
receive any reply from
H.E.