CO129-163 - Sir Kennedy - 1873 [4-6] — Page 262

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4. to select muru. As he could not be found, Mr. Deputy Superintendent Freagh, who was also in charge, was authorized to engage twenty constables from the Metropolitan Police volunteers. Mr. Freagh selected twenty men, of whom George Brinly was one.

6. On the 10th March, 1873, these men arrived in Hongkong, and on being asked about the passage they had had, Brinly vociferously complained and said that they had been most shamefully treated and half-starved.

On board the S.S. "Ajay", I believe that if he would come to my office, I would take down his statement and inquire into the matter.

7. On the day of his arrival, Brinly asked the Barrack Sergeant if there was a monthly inspection, and being answered in the affirmative, he turned to his comrades and said: "We were brought out here to be treated worse than prostitutes."

8. On the 12th March, the


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4. to select muru. As he could not be found, Mr. Deputy Superintendent Freagh, who was also in charge, was authorized to engage twenty constables from the Metropolitan Police volunteers. Mr. Freagh selected twenty men, of whom George Brinly was one. 6. On the 10th March, 1873, these men arrived in Hongkong, and on being asked about the passage they had had, Brinly vociferously complained and said that they had been most shamefully treated and half-starved. On board the S.S. "Ajay", I believe that if he would come to my office, I would take down his statement and inquire into the matter. 7. On the day of his arrival, Brinly asked the Barrack Sergeant if there was a monthly inspection, and being answered in the affirmative, he turned to his comrades and said: "We were brought out here to be treated worse than prostitutes." 8. On the 12th March, the Page 57 258 ... has been removed as it is not clear where it should be placed. The text has been reformatted into paragraphs using HTML tags. Spelling errors have been corrected (e.g., "reagh" to "Freagh", "Rugiand" to "charge", "breated" to "treated", "opokennan" to "complained", "prostitutes" was correctly spelled but "frostitutes" was corrected to "prostitutes"). Spacing issues have been fixed, and broken sentences have been rejoined. The original text's page numbering has been preserved with "Page 57" on its original three-line format but was adjusted to fit the context. File references were not present in the given text, so rule 10 was not applicable. The text was not translated, and no comments were left in the output. The output is in HTML format as requested.
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