No.45.
COPY
373
Colonial Secretary's Office.
Hong Kong, 6th May, 1899.
I am directed to inform you that it has been reported to the Government that an incursion into the leased territory is contemplated shortly by rowdies and others from Chinese territory and I am to request you to be good enough to communicate with the Viceroy as soon as possible in order that preventive steps may be taken.
I have, &c,
(Sd.) J.G.T. Buckle,
per Col. Secretary.
To Her Britannic Majesty's Consul,
CANTON.