CONFIDENTIA L.
Hongkong.
6.0.
13946
REED
RES 21 APR 06
Government House,
422
Hongkong, 23rd. March, 1906.
My Lord,
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In continuation of my Confidential
Despatch of the 7th. instant on the subject of the seizure
by the Viceroy of the Two Kwang of certain coal mortgaged
to the National Bank of China, Limited, I have the honour
to inform Your Lordship that on the 11th. instant, I receiv.
-ed a private letter from Mr. Scott at Canton containing
the following passage:-
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*About the coal mortgage, the Viceroy also *sent a message through his Secretary. It was to "the effect that if Fung and Kwang (Fung's "Accountant) could give any satisfactory explana- "-tion of the discrepancy in the accounts as *found in the Books seized and if Fung would pay "over the balance owing by him to Chou Tung "Shang's estate, there will be no difficulty in "effecting a settlement of the Bank's claim and "in releasing the coal".
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On the 14th. Mr. Alfred Cunningham,
Editor of "The South China Morning Post", a Hongkong
AR RIGHT HONOURABLE
THE EARL OF ELGIN, K.G.,
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