6.
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rée of Sunil 1879 Professes to describe the ensture of four smugiting
Links that cum to have left the Harbor of Houstong without clearance papers The apumption that the Grew would be likely to suffer decapitation at Canton is unfounded, unless they were proved to be smugglers who had
Killed revsune
8.
Officers.
The last case,
that
under date
14 and 20th of May 1879, is set forth
in the
proceedings of a
a Coroner's
Enquest on the body of an Englishman named John Ragle who was employed in the chinese revenue service and
some sall
who was murdered by amugglers when he was in the discharge
of his duty.
The Salt sunnggler's
Sunth had been captured outside
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the waters of Stongkong by the Revenue Steamer "Berg-chas-hai and John hagle
was put on board to
Canton.
Ste
appears
convey
her to
to have been
murdered between. Stanley and
Lamia Island.
9.
It is difficult to understand
why the Chamber sut forward this last case as
of Commerce should
Cha
grievance, sulep on the supposition that they share the views I have come times expreped
to the inconvenienes
we suffer in Hougtong from the presence here such a desperate clap of men
as
10.
the salt and Opium smugglers.
My Despatch N. 24 f 4th Marel
1879 referring to the Annual Meeting of the Chamber of Commerce, and the Despatch N.78 of 31th May 1879 in which I
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