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GOVERNMENT HOUSE HONG KONG.
End April 1900.
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I have the honour to enclose for your information
a copy of a report just received of a piratical attack upon
a British launch, and the murder of a pilot and carrying off of a comprador,
This is the most daring attack that has taken place upon the West River for some time, and it shows that the measures so far taken by Viceroy Li Hung Chang have not been effective.
It is in my opinion of cardinal importance that such an attack as this should not be allowed to go unpunished, and I forward the report in the hope that with or without the assistance of the Viceroy's troops you will. be able to take measures to punish this daring attack and to preserve the West River route for the trade of the Colony.
I have, &c.,
cellency
(Signed)
Se Admiral Sir E.Seymour,
K.C.B., R.N..
Commander-in-Chief,
H.M.S."CENTURION".
Henry A. Blake,
Governór &c.
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