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8, BILLITER SQUARE,
C. O.
25914
RECE
LONDON, E.C.
355
Pag 26 JUN 02) June 12th, 1902.
Sir:-
We have the honour to acknowledge your letter of
the 11th instant with regard to the arrest of the
steamship "Kaifong" at Cebu, and we herein beg to
hard you:-
(a) Copy of letter received from our HongKong
house by last mail.
(b) Five cuttings from HongKong Newspapers giv-
ing reports of the Police Court pro-
ceodings.
from which you will gather that the "collusion" you
refer to was confined to a section of the Chinese
Crew and Stevedores, 41 of whom were imprisoned on
their return to HongKong.
The Stowaways were discovered by the ship's Of-
ficers (European) and their presence reported to the
Authorities, who undoubtedly exonerated the officers
from any connivance at the attempted gross infringe-
ment of the American regulations, for had they not
The Honourable
Francis H. Villiers, C.B.,
&c., &c., &c.,
done