CO129-063 - Sir Bowring - 1857 [4-7] — Page 68

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4.

it is desirable that you should ascertain by whom

the

rivate communication

to

to you,

privalice of the Governor to

- cmber of the Government, and of thy subordinate officers Austere, the Military.. Commandant, have been sent, to a Publice Kwspapers.

being

As regards myself upon by

now

colled

His Excellency to report -fficially on what occurred

at

Cowloon, I have to state that the gentleman whose

appears as No. 8.

answer

".

must have entirely

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misunderstood any repression Tuved if he supposed that I sanctioned in any way the taking of the two hats mentioned by him as alwady

returned. I did not conceive.

myself to be in a position

at Cowloon to

in

to justify my

amy way interfering

with the discipline or conduct

at

one

of the Military there, but bring excessively dis quoted the lengthe to which. Officer ( who I was informed

was,

to the force?

did not

not belong

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