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REG 24 DEC DU Government House.
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Sir
I have the honour to enclose for your
information a statement made to Mr Lockhart by a
person employed by the Chinese Government. It gives I think a fairly accurate account of the late disturbances in the district North of the New
Territory and some of the statements have been
corroborated from other sources. If the information
be correct the rebels intend to renew hostilities
later on, but at present everything is apparently
quiet.
2.
On the 10th instant the General Officer
Commanding Troops having informed me that dysentry had appeared among the Troops sent to the border
as a measure of precaution, I approved of the
detachment being withdrawn, as with the new road
now completed to Mirs Bay they could be replaced
at a few hours notice should necessity arise,
The allusion at the end of the statement
as to the intention to create disturbance on the
8th September confirms information received before that date that Triads intended to start a procession through the New Territory & to fongkong, where
3.
Confederates would set fire to several houses and
Eight Honourable
take
Joseph Chamberlain M. P.
Secretary of State for the Colonies.