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This point was still under examination, but H. M. Minister begs leave to state that there exists the strongest suspicions of Wo a Fung having been forcibly interfered with while within British Waters, which will doubtless be cleared up by the additional evidence now being taken at Hongkong.
With 251 With regard to the Viceroy's Argument about We a Têng being an ordinary passenger who could not land until the ferry boat reached its destination, H. M. Minister is under the necessity of again pointing out to H. E. the Governor that Wo a Feng had taken his passage to Tungwan, not to Kanlung, that