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see that I have proceeded
according
to rule and reason.
As to transmitting the property I beg to say that the deceased were
Chinese men who died at sea and not in British territory,
and as there is
no
Chinese
Consul or other Chinese
Authority in Hong Kong,
If the heirs
of
the
deceased were
British subjects, and had proved their legitimate right to the property before the Supreme Court - a Tribunal much respected,
and
as
the
Consular Officer had communicated,
it is
to this
Consulate and not to the
Supreme Court, that belongs the duty of becoming Custodian of property belonging to Foreigners who have died under the Spanish Flag:
officially I
by no means
would have gladly delivered it over, but to the Supreme Court, which regards the custody of Effects of Foreigners has
as
no
more
right in the matter than this Consulate.
22
464
see that I have proceeded
according
to rule and reason.
to
As to transmitting che property I beg to away that the deceased were
you
Chinamen who died at sea and not in British territory,
and as their is
no
Chinese
Consul or other Chines
Authority in sohe
If the heirs
of
ther
deceased Theodore were -
do
British subjects, and had proved their legitimate right to the property before the Supreme Court - a Fribnual much respect -
which I
and
you
Ivery
as
the
-
Officer had communicated
, it is
the same
stongslong, it
in their absence to this
Consulate and not to the
the
Supreme Court, that belongs the duty of becoming Custodian of property belonging to Foreigners who have died under the Spanish Flag: -
to
proper
officially I
no means to
would have gladly delivered it over, but by the Supreme Court, which s regards the custody of Effeats of Foreigners has
as
more
no
e right in the matter than this bonsulate
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