CO129-180 - Public Offices & Others - 1877 — Page 179

Graft Wr. Fraser

h

5989

77

Sir

7.0. may

173

1877

traus mit herewith

copy of

a

a

letter from the

Colonial Office 2cop. t. the seizure by

a Chinese

cruiser of a junk

cargo of opium Hoghong waters.

There can

be

its

7

her

no doubt

that whether the jeuch

Das

engaged

in smuggling

or not, her seizure in

British waters

4. I addressed a

was

illegal

telegram

to H. M. Consul at Canton,

a

copy of

which

inclosed directing heim to

demand