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Colonial Secretary to Mr. Consul Robertson.

(Copy)

No 48 s

Sir,

Colonial Secretary's Office,

481

Hangsing, 26th

1h Jerre, 1865.

your

chaus

I have the honor to acknowledge

letter No 63 of 23th Inolour and to

your for its contents, which make clear the point of jurisdiction referred to

ih

No 29 of 12th April last.

in ours

The Acling Governor

nvas

unwilling

to chiuse that the jurisdiction, disputed

by the Chinese Government (though the only

jurisdiction in

clamudy

aw

question,

as the only

and

was that of a British Court over

offence committed in British Cerritory

This is now made plain by

D. B. Robertson, Egt

A. M's. Consul,

Canton

chic