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Ho

Co

Board of

Inclosure I in despatch 6 of 1845.

Duplicate.

Jurisdiction of the Chinese of this regarding / Pritish Criminal Private note from St. E. Keying

Colony.

Duplicate N°14

ful. 2 is 1020 HK

My Lord,

30

Victoria Hongkong 18th January 1848

I have the honor to acquaint your

Lordship that two Chinese were

seized by

order

of Brigadier Campbell at bhusan in the act of executing warrants of arrest on certain of the

to the convention

natives of that island by order of the Chinese officer at Tygosan, contrary by which it was agreed that during

our

occupation of Chusan no Chinese officer should exercise jurisdiction

on

the island.

The perfect order that has existed under our rule appears to have fully justified this arrangement; and as it seemed very unlikely that the return of the tivo offenders to the officer who had employs I them, with a full knowledge

The Right Honorable

the Earl of Aberdeen K. I

yc

of

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