CO129-068 - Sir Bowring - 1858 [5-12] — Page 366

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the

and which was

very fleet which Boggs belonged to captured by HM. Ship "Sampson on the 9th June last;

during the attack the Lorcha and

other

onc

convey

escaped and the

other was captured, (both Sunks had been chartered by the Lorcha) and on the arrival of the Junks cuphired by W. M. Shep "Lampson" in this harbour, one of them was seen with the main mast of the caphired convoy Sunk which had been taken out of her and put on board the pirate boat . the above statement can be fully proved by a European who was master of the Lorcha at the time and who I believe made his report to

you his arrival here - A great many prople in Hong Kong, apparently very respectable, are deepe

deeply.

Connected

3633.

connected with pirates and who could be

independent as

A

are deferred

!

pointed out by Ma. 1500. Wong

Ma. Asoc. Wong altho he could not breng pree against them. and us he is well known to be the

who is so only person to volunteer information against pirates he is looked upon by great many with hatred._ It has been stated that many persons =

would give evidence against him: were it not that they by the protection which I.

am i supposed to afford him. I would beg to remark that when I ceased to be a servant of this Government in 1855 and was afterwards frequently absent from the Colony at times for a month, he could not then have been considered as being under

my protection and n persons anxious to complain might

212 (then

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