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Canton No. 306
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Sir,
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GOVERNMENT HOUSE.
HONGKONG.
3rd December, 1926.
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With reference to my secret despatch of
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the 20th November; I have the honour to encloset
the following documents concerning the boycott:-
Enclo. No. 1 (1) A copy of an extract from a report by the
Assistant Superintendent of Police, New Territories,
dated the 28th November, 1926, concerning the posi-
tion on the frontier.
Enclos Nos. (2) Copies of extracts from letters, dated 24th
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and 29th November, and 3rd December, from the Hong
Kong, Canton & Macao Steamboat Company, Limited,
giving details of cargo and passengers for the period
from the 15th November to the 2nd December.
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The temporary improvement in the number of passengers travelling from Canton on the Hong Kong,
Canton & Macao Steamboat Company's steamers between
the 17th and 23rd November coincided with the nego-
tiations between the Company and the Seamen's Union,
details of which are given in the memoranda forming
enclosures No. 4 and 5 of my secret despatch of the
20th November. During that period the pickets were
withdrawn from the Company's wharf. But as soon as
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
LIEUTENANT COLONEL L.C.M.S. AMERY, M.P.,
&c.,
&c.,
&C.
the