letter dated the
That in a
the th of May the Secretary to the Board of
Customs informed the Colonial Office
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that twenty
Cases
of safety cartridges, being
ammunition for the revolvers above
referred to, had been shipped for Hong-
Kong
on the 30th of April.
30th
That on the 30#
0th of May
despatch 2165, dated the 29th of April,
was received from the Governor of
Hong-Kong inclosing copies of
the correspondence,
by telegram and despatch, which had been conducted by the Hong Kong Government with Messrs Jardine Matheson
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FICERS
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Her Majesty's Commissioner at Wei-hai-Wei
on the other.
That from the documents
accompanying that despatch it appeared
that the revolvers had not been ordered
and that
for the First Chinese Regiment, the Governor had therefore refused permit for their exportation pending instructions from the Secretary of
State.
That on the 31st of May the
Governor of Hong-Kong was instructed
by telegram to detain the twenty
Cases
of cartridges
the revolvers.
That on the 14th of June the
matter
was
referred by your Department
to the Board
under
cover
of a letter dated the 20th of June.