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I further said that I should let him know when a communication arrived from Canton.

A day or two after this conversation the petitioner seems to have gone to Mr Brereton and that gentleman called at my office and informed me that the petitioner had been to him and wanted to know whether his opium & junk were to be given up.

I gave Mr Brereton the same answer as I did to the petitioner and told him also that the petitioner should apply personally every time on every occasion when he wanted information on this subject.

It was after this interview that I received the accompanying petition.

The petitioner had, previous to this, repeatedly said that he did not know where the Mandarin Junk had sailed to after seizing his boat and opium. I had seen him from time to time for five weeks previous to this and he never made me mention of the fact that he had seen the two junks going to Kau lung City. I have enquired of him what became of his junk after she was taken to Kau lung and he states she was burnt there.