CO129-125 - Sir MacDonnell - 1867 [10-11] — Page 303

CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案 All

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could resort to such extreme) measures

except for

reason justified ly

the frequent practice of civilized.

to

nations, I must now recall

you

recollection that in

communication

འ ་ ་ ་1

the 18th Alliine. I from prosely limited)

мер

observations to

the

an

inquiry as to grounds of seizure of Wenge a sews

Hi and stated that it was

junk,

plainly detrinital to the interest.

of this Colony that such seize

take plans except for previously well

reasons

well understood; V

should

Your despatch of the 26th

of

Utline

may

betakin

the

AR..

giving

arly

Miasmo

for such proceedings

the explanatory letter which it

enclosed from the Superintendent of

Customs, and the reason

alligid)

amounts to this, that native Junk's have long been prohibited from

thin

carrying ofuriems among and that the Junte in question bring found to have opinium

ANLAA

ام

board

seized at a point not wichin the rates of Hongtong, but at a

point first entside them, being to the Chinese than the

Hongking shover.

b.

It is incoitistable from the

map accompanying the explanation of the Master of the "Waching" that

W

his

MAW

shuving he did not

vessel clearing

hesitate to weige?

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