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Chinese Perritory.

Both these charges

tvere

: investigated before the Police n Magistrate in accordance with Scation N1 of the Hong Kong

Ordinance NEZ

of 1850 and on

the charges being proved the

avere

prisoners committed to prison

the orders

from It is

awaiting Excellency the Governors

Our Clicut the Provincial

• Authorities of Cauton are desirous

Authorities of

to be informed

as to the construction

interpretation the Colonial

Townout place upon.

Section

the Tientsin Treaty of 1858,

21 of the

and in what manner you desire them to conforme

with it in order

to

to obtain the delivery of the Chinese Subjects who have been quilty of

Crminal Offence against the Laws

of China.

We

are

instructed by

Clicuts to inform you that they

are

most desirous of yielding to the opinion the British Government in such

of the

matters so

long as they the terms of the Treaty,

are within.

or de vot

neccesitate a wide departure from

the Laws and Customs of the Empire.

In order that the British Government should not hesitate to

comply with the request of our on clients, the Chinese Authorities care

willing that the British Consul at Canton should have every

opportunity