1879 and its probable
und wir
this
case,
I think these prisoners should be
given up to the Chinese Government.
reply,
I would ask
you
to be the value
be so good as
to
inform To's Excellency
the Governor that I must respectfully
decline to give any opinion whatever
on such
a
point
as His Excellency
has seen
fit to refer to me. To do
so would be to exceed the limits
of my functions, cases, which appear to me to be confined to conveying to the Government of Hongkong the application of His Excellency the Viceroy for the surrender of certain Chinese who are accused of
in this and similar
573
having committed
a crime in Chinese
territory, and to making known to His Excellency the Governor
the Governor what I believe
of the
Viceroy's
undertaking not to subject these criminals given up by Government.
I have to
R.
the
Hongkong
(Signed) A. Sc. Hewitt
Insul.
13/4/88.
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und wir
this
case,
I think these prisoners should be given up to the Chinese Government.
In reply,
I would ask you to be so good as to inform His Excellency the Governor that I must respectfully decline to give any opinion whatever on such a point as His Excellency has seen fit to refer to me. To do so would be to exceed the limits of my functions, cases, which appear to me to be confined to conveying to the Government of Hongkong the application of His Excellency the Viceroy for the surrender of certain Chinese who are accused of having committed a crime in Chinese territory, and to making known to His Excellency the Governor what I believe of the Viceroy's undertaking not to subject these criminals given up by Government.
I have to
R.
the
Hongkong
(Signed) A. Sc. Hewitt
Insul.
13/4/88.
Page 573
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I have to.
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Hongkong
(Signes) A. Sc. Hewitt
Insul.
13/4/88.
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