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ordering his surrender. The

the matter,

decision in the

however,

did not rest with him but

with the Minister of

Colomes and on

the

my urging

had

already left Liston to

spend his sunday in the

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but that he would be

ht, and that

country back Sunday night,

I

the

importance of my being able

to send an

an immediate reply to Your Lordship, Hes Excellency, with

which

the invariable courtesy has characterized his dealings

1 with

me, undertook at once

go himself to the Colonial Ministry to get the maller settled off hand

I received a note in the

Course

of

to

the evening informing

Thomaz

me that Imr

Ribeiro

had

could be sure that the

matter would be arranged

received

early monday morning

I

accordingly

night a very

late last

private note from Ribeiro, transmitting

courteous

Im Thomaz

B

copy of

the telegram, enclosed herewill, which he had forwarded to the Governor of instructing

Mação

him to

surrender

the accused person to the

Hong Kong Authorities, and I thereupon addressed this morning