Copy.
No. 271.
Sir,
Enclosure No. 8.
134
Government House,
Hong Kong, 7th December, 1928.
With reference to your letter No.454 of the
30th of October, 1928, I have the honour to forward the
ity and employment of the persons alleged to be members of
See Encls.5,6,& 7. accompanying copy of a police report regarding the national-
the "Wing Hung" opium combine, who have been traced in
Hong Kong.
2.
It will be seen that the persons suspected,
who are traceable, are now reduced to three: Lam Sze Cham,
the Compradore, a native of Sze Yap; his brother also
surnamed Lam, whose full name and birthplace are unknown; and
Chan Kou Hi, a native of Poon Yu. All these three men
travelled on the ship; and two of them are certainly Chinese
subjects, and probably also the second Iam is a Chinese subject. The matter of their extradition however would be
difficult in view of the fact that neither Smuggling nor
Conspiracy is in the list of extraditable crimes given in
the "Chinese Extradition" Ordinance, No.7 of 1887; and a
charge in this Colony either of conspiracy or under the
Opium Ordinance, No.30 of 1923 would be difficult to support
unless much more satisfactory evidence than is at present
available is forthcoming.
I have, &c.,
(Sd.) W. T. SOUTHORN,
Officer Administering the Government.
His Britannic Majesty's Consul-General,
CANTO N.