Enclosure No.11.
CONFIDENTIAL
Hkg. Govt. No. 1409.
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Office of Chinese Maritime Customs
for Kowloon and District.
Marina House,
15-19 Queen's Road, Central.
HONG KONG 14th December, 1937.
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Sir,
In reply to your letter of this date:
enquiring, in connection with the
seizure of the Chinese Customs
preventive vessel "Chahsing" on the
11th instant, the status of this
vessel, duties normally performed,
armament carried and the nature of
the order which led to the presence
of the cruiser in Deep Bay on the
11th instant :
I have the honour to inform you that the "Chahsing" is
a preventive vessel engaged in checking smuggling and
operates under a commission issued by the Ministry of
Finance. The "Chahsing" is a light-draft vessel and is
normally engaged in checking smuggling in the deltas of
the Canton and West Rivers and around the Lema and
Ladrone Islands and the islands south-west of Macao.
The armament consists of one three-pounder Hotchkiss
gun of an obsolete pattern, three Lewis guns, twelve
Lee-Enfield rifles and nine revolvers.
The Honourable,
The instructions on this occasion, which were verbal
and not written, were to proceed to Deep Bay and anchor
The Inspector General of Police,
HONG KONG.