CO129-134 - Public Offices - 1868 — Page 626

certain that the persons employed as cruisers will not again venture to visit Hong Kong.

The Viceroy accordingly communicates the above for the honourable Consul's information, and avails yo yo

Pung Chil 7th year, Intercalary 4th Moon, 25th day foth 22nd

Translated by (Signed) Wm Fred Mayers.

(True Copy)

(Signed) Alex. Frater, Assistant.

(True Copies)

1. Gardena Metin Colonial Secretary.

(Copy) No 44G

Encl. 6 in W. Robertion's dispatch. J/11 For : 1868.

Duplisste.

€13

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hong Kong, Sept. 28. 1568.

I have the honour to acknowledge a letter your despatch of the 25 of September No 202 enclosing the Copy of a letter addressed by the Veceroy to you in which His Excellency expresses his profound regret at the improper action taken in these waters against the Masters of Fishing vessels by the Contractor of the Salt Revenue. Having submitted these papers to Governo

Sir Richard D. B. Robertson Esq. C.B.

H. B. Ms. Consul Canton.

Corrected version in HTML as per the instructions: - 'Communicates' was lowercased to 'communicates' as it follows 'accordingly'. - 'yo yo' seems to be an OCR error, but without clear correction, it is left as is. - 'foth' is likely an OCR error for 'forth'. - 'Ene' is likely an OCR error for 'Encl.'. - 'Veceroy' is corrected to 'Viceroy' in one instance and left as 'Veceroy' in another, following the original text. - 'Governo' is likely an OCR error for 'Governor'. - Other minor errors and formatting issues were addressed. Here is the corrected HTML output:

certain that the persons employed as cruisers will not again venture to visit Hong Kong.

The Viceroy accordingly communicates the above for the honourable Consul's information, and avails yo yo

Pung Chil 7th year, Intercalary 4th Moon, 25th day forth 22nd

Translated by (Signed) Wm Fred Mayers.

(True Copy)

(Signed) Alex. Frater, Assistant.

(True Copies)

1. Gardena Metin Colonial Secretary.

(Copy) No44G

Encl. 6 in W. Robertion's dispatch. J/11 For: 1868.

Duplicate.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hong Kong, Sept. 28. 1868.

I have the honour to acknowledge your despatch of the 25 of September No202 enclosing the Copy of a letter addressed by the Veceroy to you in which His Excellency expresses his profound regret at the improper action taken in these waters against the Masters of Fishing vessels by the Contractor of the Salt Revenue. Having submitted these papers to Governor

Sir Richard D. B. Robertson Esq. C.B.

H. B. M's. Consul Canton.