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Article XXI of the Treaty of Icentsin, and 2 to as of two other

to the case

prismers for whose. surrender application has

been made to the

Gwenor of Hugtong by the cry of Canton The opinion of the Law Officers has also been asked as to hour far Her Majesty's Government would be justified in Continuing

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continuing to surrender Chinese Fugitives under

without fatisfactory

the Treaty

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quaranters against the application of Intere

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of any kind or any purpose whatever. On this point I have

to inform you

that a

letter was addressed

in

for the acting Colonial anten on the 1168) Horyser, at fauton

July last by Mepon Sh Brereton Votton and Jeane