N2260.
Sir,
Enclosure 5.
47
Colonial Secty's Office
Hongkong 31st Decly 1892
Ch
Excellency,
I am directed by His Excellency the Governor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 30th December with reference to your conferences with the Attorney General in reference to the illegal detention of Fernandez Vernel who was forcibly taken by a Spanish cruiser from a boat in this port notwithstanding that the Colonial Police had at your request been previously authorized to arrest Fernel in order that proceedings under the Treaty of 1878 might be taken against him.
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N2260.
Sir,
Enclosure 5.
47
Colonial Secretary's Office
Hong Kong 31st Dec 1892
Chairman?
Excellency,
I am directed by His Excellency the Governor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 30th December with reference to your conferences with the Attorney General in reference to the illegal detention of Fernandez Vernel who was forcibly taken by a Spanish cruiser from a boat in this port notwithstanding that the Colonial Police had, at your request, been previously authorized to arrest Fernandez in order that proceedings under the Treaty of 1878 might be taken against him.
The Spanish Frigate ...
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