*? CONFIDENTIAL.
R
630
18403
REG 17 A. 16
GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
HONGKONG. 29th. February, 1916.
sir, la
58983,
Referring to your Confidential Despatch of the
28th. December, I have the honour to state that the reward payable
upon the 707 lbs of opium seized on board the S. S. “Mishima Maru".
amounts to £170,
2.
The inform tion which led to the seizure wa8
sent by His Majesty's Consul-General at Shanghai in a telegram
dated the 30th. November, and the arrests being made on the 2nd.
December prior to the receipt of your telegram of that date; and
the Commissioner of Customs at Shanghai has requested that the
reward may be sent to Mr. Paul H. King, Non-resident Secretary at
the London Office of the Inspectorate, 26, Old Queen Street,
Testminster, for issue to the informant.
It is probable that the man who gave the in- -formation to the Chinese Customs is identical with the person signing himself J. K. M.; but, if this should prove not to be the case, it would seem equitable that the reward should be divided. I shall accordingly be glad if you will be so good as to instruct the Crow Agents to pay the sum of £170 to the one informer or to
divide it between the two informers, as the case may be.
I have the honour to be, Sir,
Your most obedient, humble servant,
Ros
Governor,&c..
E RIGHT HONOURABLE
ANDREW BONAR LAV, M.P.,
&C.,
&c..
&c.
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