خوب محمود
COPY.
No. 41.
Sir:-
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HIS BRITANNIC LAJESTY' S CONEULATE GENERAL,
CANTON.
November 27th. 1901.
With reference to the question of the treatment
of prisoners extradited from bongkong and delivered
over to the Chinese Authorities to be tried, I have
the honour to record the following particulars of
the rendition and trial of Let A Ch'ang and the pri-
soners in the "Perseverance" Piracy Case, and of the
subsequent negotiations with the High Provincial Au-
thorities, which I am pleased to be able to report,
have resulted in the procedure adopted in this case
being accepted as a precedent for all future brials.
The Viceroy of the Liang Kuang applied on 14th.
Mlay last for the extradition of three men who were
imprisoned in Hongkong. lly predecessor, Hr. B. C.G.
Scott, His Majesty's Consul General, in accordance
Sir Ernest Satow, K.C.M.G.,
&c.
&C. ›
&c.,
with