CO129-145 - Lieut Governor Whitfield - 1870 [6-9] — Page 86

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in the same tipphom, will doubtlif have

since reached Your Lordship. The first report of those painful

long

events was

brought to the Colony on the

23th of May by the mate of the "Caraotaurs"

who had ben despatched in a small

boat in search of aid, and was

enough

to

Secure

and can

Panprasions

Macar

WN..

$300.

fortunate

a papage for himself.

ww

ai

k bound to

Jente

promise of the payment of

Immediately on receipt of the

intelli

geneet

e twe

Mnen

of

Grmboat

were

rvar and a

despatched by Vice Admiral

Sir Henry Wellett to the Paracel and

Mainan)

surviving

grest of the remaining

but in the meanwhile

they had engaged Juntts by which they transported to Mainaw, and from

wvere

Thence to Margting.

were

The

suns asked for these services

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respectively $1000 and $800, and as the charge appeared to be sufive,

I

considered it expedient to consult with

Admiral Kellett who advised

of the

payment of the latter claim under deduction.

of $100, but suggested further

consideration of the former when the rightful claimants should reach HongKong.

On the arrival of one of these I

thought it advisable to leave the final ettlement of the matter to the judgment

of the Registrar General

Chinese, and in case

avo

Protector of

quence of the report