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to the original demand, with a slight modification consequent on foregoing

the claim made for. compensation for the loss of the junk

over and above it's actual

value. I. however, added that ___

looking.

to the circumstances under

which I found the junk had

cleared from the harbour of

Hong Kong.

it

was not

my

intention

to return the value of the junk

of the

کھے

cargo to the former

owner.

On the 2nd of June the

Consul replied that the Vice Roy agreed to send to this Government the value of the 111/21⁄2 balls of Opium, thus complying with the

full demand that had been made.

In concluding the

6.

correspondence the British Consul

says:-

7.

کر

"I have further to state that

"I am convinced that the

"action His Excellency the Governor

is prepared to take in cases

of

" smuggling from the bolony

#

" will go far towards

suppressing

"an evil which has heretofore -

" entailed upon the Government

"

"

of both Hong Hong and Canton,

" serious difficulties and much " misunderstanding"

The action on

my part

to which the Consul refers, arises