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Slow is it that the head partner of Messrs Landeten & Co, who is at present absent, did not serve previous notice?

The whole matter looks suspicious in fact. As we are at a distant part of the ocean, we have no means of knowing what evidence was given in the manner the lawyers Messrs Caldwell and Kingsmill defended the case. As hitherto our Government steamers bound to your Port on public service, were indebted to the British officers for protection, I beg your Lordship when the case against the steamer "Pangwee" is brought before your Court for trial to speedily decide it impartially and to bring to light the fact that the debt left unpaid was contracted by the Untax Han Kai-Fai and Ny-Wang and is their private debt, and by no means a public one.

Ats hai Sin, Vice President of the Board of Revenue, attended by Un Tai Kwan, a clerk of the same Board, came to your Port for the purpose of superintending the affairs of the steamer. I have instructed these officers to lay before your Lordship this Communication setting forth the circumstances of the case and I beg your Lordship to distinguish the truth from the falsehood and to decide the case impartially and according to the various accounts set forth in my despatch, so that the steamer may be able to return early to her station after completion of repairs.

For your doing me this service, I will ever be under obligation to your Lordship. I have now obtained the facts in connection with the debt which was privately contracted by Un Tak Han Lai Kai-Fai and Ny-Wang, whom...

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Slow is it that the head partner of Messrs Landeten & Co, who is at present absent, did not serve previous notice? The whole matter looks suspicious in fact. As we are at a distant part of the ocean, we have no means of knowing what evidence was given in the manner the lawyers Messrs Caldwell and Kingsmill defended the case. As hitherto our Government steamers bound to your Port on public service, were indebted to the British officers for protection, I beg your Lordship when the case against the steamer "Pangwee" is brought before your Court for trial to speedily decide it impartially and to bring to light the fact that the debt left unpaid was contracted by the Untax Han Kai-Fai and Ny-Wang and is their private debt, and by no means a public one. Ats hai Sin, Vice President of the Board of Revenue, attended by Un Tai Kwan, a clerk of the same Board, came to your Port for the purpose of superintending the affairs of the steamer. I have instructed these officers to lay before your Lordship this Communication setting forth the circumstances of the case and I beg your Lordship to distinguish the truth from the falsehood and to decide the case impartially and according to the various accounts set forth in my despatch, so that the steamer may be able to return early to her station after completion of repairs. For your doing me this service, I will ever be under obligation to your Lordship. I have now obtained the facts in connection with the debt which was privately contracted by Un Tak Han Lai Kai-Fai and Ny-Wang, whom...
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156

Slow is it that the head partner of Mesor Landeten

Ho who is at present absent, did not serve

The whole matter looks suspicions in fact.

As we are

have

no means

and in what

living

and acting defuity of the steamer Pangwee" proceds

Port to act us Royal Commissiorer and 14t

previous notice?

to

Commander of the Dang.

at a distant part of the ocean, we

of knowing what evidence was

given manner the lawyers MessTM Caldwell

and Kingsmill defended the case. As hitherto our your Port on publie

Government steamers bound to your Pork

service, were indebted to the British officers for protection, I beg your hordohip when the case

against the steamer "Pang tee" is brought before your

brought before your Count for tual to speedily

decide it impartially and to bring to light the fact that : the debt left impaict was contreted by the Untax Han

*hai Sai and NyWang and is their private debt, and

by

no means a

public

one

Ats hai Sin, Vice President of the Board of Revenne

cittended by

Un Tai Kwan a clerk of the same Board

your

wee

for the purpose of

superintending the affairs of the steamer, I have instructed these officers to lay before your Lordship

this Communication setting forth the circumstances

of the case and I beg your hordehip to distinguish

the twith from the falsehood and to decide the ease

and according.

impartially and

to the various accounts

set forth in my despatch, so that the steamer

be able to return.

to mr

early to

after Completion of repairs.

to

For

your doing.

may

Cantry for

service

so I will ever be under obligation

your Lordship I have now obtained the facts in

connection with the debt which

Contracted

by

was

privately

Kai-Fai

Un tak Han Lai Lai and Nywvang

whom

?

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