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I am to inclose for Lord Knutsford's perusal
draft of
A.
note, which,
with His Lordship's concurrence, Lord Salisbury proposes to address to the French Ambassador on the subject.
I am, Sir,
Your most obedient;
humble servant.
James Rawther
Draft.
Monsieur Waddington.
FOREIGN OFFICE,
May
C.0.
1892.
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[Reg? 11 MAY 2 Monsieur l'Ambassadeur:-
I have the honour to inform
you that I communicated to the Secretary of State for the Colonia6 Your Excellency's Note of the 8th of November last, complaining of the alleged improper action of the Registrar General of Hong Kong in 16suing a Warrant for the arrest of a Chinese passenger who had embarked on board the M.M.
neh Steamer ""Djem" ab Saigon,
and who was charged with ahquesting a Chinese girl, and I requested
His Lordship to cause enquiries
to be made into the circumstances
of the case.
I have now the honour to
inclose a copy of the report on
bne subject, which has been fur-
nished by the Registrar General
of Hongkong together with its
inclosures, and a copy of a letter
from