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Officer Lin Hui-teng
be taken back to the
to
camp & he has also deputed Ling Chas Chich, a lance-corporal in his right battalion to bear with
due reverence.
the death-warrant. In replying for my information, the General directs that Hu
a-Feng alias Hu Yiu Shan shall be put to death at Kowloon in the presence of the death warrant
such a
punishments can be inflicted, & that the date of execution shall be duly notified to the proper authorities. With regard to the present arrest no reward has been issued, but the officer & detectives
who effected the arrest certainly acquitted themselves with great credit, the General considers it his duty to bestow extra rewards upon them to stimulate exertion.