CO129-170 - Sir Kennedy - 1875 [1-3] -- Acting Governor Austin - 1875 [3-6] — Page 583

to them, on account of short procees, on the eale of the said

4 of the said consignments

of matting,

in the sum

да

of about

$2920, that the firm of Jekwo

had been dissolved; that the

them, chun thun residing

partners had retired into the,

4 province

of Shuang-hing,

and that one

one of

at the

village of Hao kong

was supposed

Hong Kong the sun

of about of 10,000.

to have taken with him from

This action was handed over in

the usual way to the Chinese Authorkies for investigation and. decision. As the latter, after a long and protracted correspondence finally replied, that the deblors, who_~?

2.

574

belonged to different districts, could

not be

and as there were

· found, and

indications, that Chun thun was at the time at the village

living

of Rackong and had bribed the runners and officials

officials in search of

him, the Imperial German ___ Consulate at Canton referred the case to the Imperial German Legation at Peking. In consequence of this step the Jungli Yamen issued the strictest orders to the provincial Authorities, to have the case in issue, investigated and decided.

In the month of February 1875 the bistrict Magistrate of Ham-hoi- [ banton] informed me that Chan