CO129-159 - Sir Kennedy - 1872 [9-12] — Page 463

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461

are r

referred to in the Report

should have been sent down to

this Colony without

any communication being made to this Government.

It is however, stated by Messrs Siempen & Co, the Owners / Charterers of the Vessel, that the

sixteen men

referred to were

placed on board

by

The Police at

Shanghai, and that $5 were paid for each Passenger "poor man."

Whether these men, therefore,

were destitute or

criminals, this

Government has no hesitation in protesting most strongly against this Colony being made the

depot to which such persons are to be forwarded from any of the Treaty Ports of China.

It

is not

within the Governor's province to

say

who is responsible

for

what

has taken place, but such an

unwarrantable and unprecedented

proceeding will necessitate his applying to the Secretary of State

with

a

view to learning whether

Her Majesty's Government approve of what has been done.

I am to add that,

coincidence,

a

series of daring

burglaries has taken place in Wongthing since the arrival

of the Steamer

in question,

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461 are r referred to in the Report should have been sent down to this Colony without any communication being made to this Government. It is however, stated by Messrs Siempen & Co, the Owners / Charterers of the Vessel, that the sixteen men referred to were placed on board by The Police at Shanghai, and that $5 were paid for each Passenger "poor man." Whether these men, therefore, were destitute or criminals, this Government has no hesitation in protesting most strongly against this Colony being made the depot to which such persons are to be forwarded from any of the Treaty Ports of China. It is not within the Governor's province to say who is responsible for what has taken place, but such an unwarrantable and unprecedented proceeding will necessitate his applying to the Secretary of State with a view to learning whether Her Majesty's Government approve of what has been done. I am to add that, coincidence, a series of daring burglaries has taken place in Wongthing since the arrival of the Steamer in question,
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461

are r

referred to in the Report

should have been sent down to

this Colony withent

any communicatio being made to this f

de to this Government.

It is however, stated by Mest Siempen & Co, the Owners

Charterers of the Vefeel, that the

sixteen men

referred to were

placed on board

by

The Police at

Shanghai, and that $5 were

-paid for each Passenger

"poor man."

لممه

Werter these men, therefore,

were destitut is

VY

criminals, this

bently has no hesitation in protecting most strongly against this Octory being made the

Colony

depot to which such pesons are to be forwarded from any of tiss Treaty Ports of China. It

is not

N

within the Governor's province to

Day

who is responsible

for

what

has taken place, but such an

unwarrantable and un

unprecedented

proceeding will necefsitate his applying to the Secretary of State

with

a

view to learning whether

the Majority's Government approve of what has beer dones

Lam to add that,

cincidence,

a

ar.

series of daring

aj

burglaries has toker place in Wongthing since the arrival

of the Steamer

question,

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