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of Hong Kong and the Consul at Canton, it will be seen that I

had anticipated Your Lordship's wishes and taken the necessary steps to obtain

a

reconsideration of the evidence or

more-

rather to give the Plamtiff, another opportunity of bringing forward amy be might possess of a satisfactous kind in proof of the verasity of his statement.

The Youngli gumen have exprefed Gamên

their willingness

to allow a mitigation

of penalty should the further evidenc

of the Chinese Authorities, I need

not enter into

amy

detail here

as

could only repeat what I have

written

in

I

abready

my despatches to the

Governor and the Consul.

I have to

(a) Rutherford Alcock

The Lord Shanley M.P.

te

te

te

appean

lo

Justify

such

cv Cours.

Let

regards my

ownv

view of the

merits of the case and the action

of