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CONFIDENTIA L.
Hongkong.
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(Rest 24 AUC 06
Government House,
Hongkong, 23rd. July, 1906.
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My Lord,
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Referring to my telegram. of the 14th.
instant reporting the piratical attack on the British S.S.
"Sainam" on the West River on the 13th. instant, I have
the honour to transmit in case it should not yet have
reached Your Lordship through the Foreign Office a copy of
a report on the subject sent on the 18th. instant by His
Majesty's Consul-General at Canton to His Majesty's Charge
d'Affaires at Peking, together with copies of the deposi-
tions taken at the enquiry held by Mr. Mansfield on board
the pirated vessel immediately after her arrival in Canton.
2.
I also enclose copies of a letter dated the
19th. instant in which Mr. Mansfield informed me of the
dosure 1(1)
do
Inclosure 2(1)
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action taken by the Chinese Officials subsequently to the
piracy and of my reply of the following day from which it
do.
will be seen that I had thought it advisable to communicate
his letter confidentially to the local Chamber of Commerce
THE EARL OF ELGIN, K.O..
and Branch of the China Association.
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
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