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existence is not denied by the Viceroy, and whose connection with the Riots here was declared in the Canton Press.
I expressed the hope that His Majesty's Government might take this view and instruct Sir J. Jordan to lodge a strong protest with the Chinese Government and to bring pressure to bear which they could not resist. In the meantime I would consult with the Registrar-General and see what steps I might find it in my power to take in regard to the Hongkong Merchants who have obeyed these orders of the Self-Government Society and given operative effect to the Boycott. I am transmitting a copy of this Despatch to His Majesty's Minister at Peking.
P.S.
I have the honour to be,
My Lord,
Your Lordship's most obedient,
humble servant,
Magnar
Governor,&c.
I suggested to Mr. Fox, Acting Consul-general at Canton that he should remind the Viceroy of the signal generosity of Messrs. Butterfield and Swire who have promised a sum of £40,000 to the University, a project which the Viceroy has very greatly at heart. I am unaware whether he did so, but I attach an extract from a local paper containing a translation of a Proclamation by His Excellency in which he puts this forward as a reason for abandoning the Boycott against the Firm, and in spite of his