CO129-217 - Governor Sir Bowen Administrator Marsh - 1884 [7-10] — Page 547

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Directly I heard that the Riots

Caux

5 really gave. for anxiety, I instructed the Commissioners (Financial and,

8 Judicial) te alter Assistant District Magistrate

to depute

до

slich You - Kivong to to the Consulate with kind enquiries, and I heard

siertly after that order had been r

restored and there was no

Cause

the

further

for amciety; During the 72 moon (parts of August and September) the Frouch -opoused hostilities at Poochow, and

it became our means to prevent assistance

duty to decrise a

being

or

piven them at any of the ports the Cast. Accordingly the Governor. And myself issued a proclamation; in the text of which the inhabitants of the

the seaboard (in general) and employed in repairing

artisans

ship.

))

ships (in particular).

were

notified to that effect (i. e. not to give assistacion to the F poc cak). This, of course, alluded French course, to the seaboard of the Swangting

province : The hoceding which is stated that hearing t

there were

-

" at "HongKong and "Maons and the immediate vicinity traitorous "Chineze who have combined to "entice to

meant to

only u

quard against people in Hougtong and Macao coming hither and "Combiesing to culice." Morcover the proclamation

Hongkong.

was not posted in

Further (I would ask) where

is there in the Prool auration

any

mcntion of the coolies, where are. the latter in any way incited to make disturbances, and how

can