CO129-022 - Public Offices - 1847 — Page 110

Inclosure 4 in despatch 172.0f 1867.

Reying

acknowledging

receipt of Inclosure Nc 3.

Lu

20394.Roug

" ។

109

the Supreme Court of Hougtong.

DEC.

1847

To His Honor John walter Hulme, Chief Justice of Her Majesty's Supreme Court of Hongtong. The humble petition of tiong. 200. hop Boatman at present residing

Sheweth,

victoria

Low.

~

That on the twenty mirth day of June last. Your Petitioner's Salt Sunk containing a

Cargo of Salt to the value of one thousand

And Eighty dollars was

lying

at anchor the Canton River, when the Steam-boat. " Corsair " ( of which Thomas Larkins of

foul of your

victoria is the Owner) ran

petitioner's vessel and thereby sunk her.

Your Petitioner further saith that thro' the charity of some of his friends he

has been able to raise his boat, which has

sustained considerable

damage,

but that

all her

carso

was lost, and your

Petitioner