Draft.
Pro
C. O.
25744
8 22 JUL 04
390
His Majesty's Government have now received a further report from the authorities at Hongkong with regard to the circumstances attending the arrival and departure of the British Steamship "Belgian King" from that port, to which allusion is made in Count Benckendorff's memorandum of the 8th ultimo.
The facts of the case, as now ascertained, appear to be as follows:
The "Belgian King" arrived at Hongkong