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or would take over the territory on the 17th instant, when any disturbance would be promptly suppressed and the rioters punished.
The elders then retired.
H.M.S. "Fame" and two torpedo boats arrived after the troops had landed. The party re-embarked on board H.M.S. "Whiting" and "Fame" and having started at 2.20 p.m. reached Hong-Kong at 4.40 p.m.
M. H. S. Lockhart,
5th April, 1899.
Colonial Secretary.