CO129-215 - Governor Sir Bowen - 1884 [1-4] — Page 185

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telegrami.

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"Just returned from short visit.

"to Canton reports in previous

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despatches fully confirmed. Warlike preparations active ?

a by object in this brief

visit to the neighbouring Capital of ~

Southern China, which has such

intimate and manifold relations

with Hongkong, X

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partly to confer

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traffic between.

Hongkong and

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with Her Majesty's Acting Consul, (Dr Bance), concerning the pending

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of extradition, and other matters

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affecting this Colony; and, partly, to

see with my own

eyes

the state of

affairs at Canton, and on the Chukiang,

or Pearl river, which leads to it.

3.

my

The Acting Consul coneurs

which

between Hongkong

Canton is kept up by a number of sailing

junks, and by two large.

river steamers of

"the American pattern, which perform the

in seven hours, and daily

voyage each way

carry to and fro nearly two thousand passengers.

with

view of the extradition case,

and of the other matters on

we

conferred. I had the advantage

also of much conversation with the French and German Consuls, and

with

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1:358

See Governor's despatch W: 358 of Deer 31, 1883.