As witness
hand this fifth day of November in the year our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety four at Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands.
Sch. A
G. S. Hawes
British Commissioner and Consul General Hawaiian Islands, President of the Court.
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and faithful copy of original produced to me. Dated at the British Vice Consulate, Honolulu, this twelfth day of November 1894
(Signed) Thomas Rain Walker
British Vice Consul.
C. O. M. 1983
RECU 485
To Mr. B. B. Seabury, Master of the British Steamship "China" of the port of Glasgow, official number 96083
Pursuant to the Act 17 and 18 Vict. C104 Lev. 268
You are hereby required to receive on board your vessel and convey to Hong Kong prisoners dubota Kantaro, Sitara Ejotaro, Sera Inokichi, Mori lubataro, Shirakawa Imuyakichi, Kumamoto, Efasuda and Janobi Maokichi, Agawa and Otsubo, seamen of the British Steamship "Nanshan" of the port of London, official number 89190, who were ordered by a Court convened by Captain Sir John May, C.B. R. N. commanding H.B.M.S. "Sirius", by summons for the purpose of investigating a complaint made by the Master of the said Steamship "Nanshan" against the said seamen,
And