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Viceroy to H.IJ. M. Consul, Canton.
(Cory.)
Siv,
139
Capton, 5th August, 1889.
I have the honour to acknowledge
receipt yesterday of your despatch running
I have the honour to bring
ae
follows:-
a----
to Your Excellency's notice a report received from the Hongkong Government recent violation of Pritish Territory by an "
of
armed party of Chinese who arrested two natives at Tham Juipo in British Howloon and carried them off
over the Chinese frontier feeling
at measur
that prompt
to
eure
5 give
the
Hongkong Government the redress they
seek and prevent the recurrence in the future of acts likely to
complications as the
cause such grave
as the one complained of. I understand that demand is
C Alabaster, Exque
being
.