I am to enclose for your information a draft of telegraphic instructions, which with the concurrence of Lord Granville, Lord Beeby proposes to send to the Governor of Hongkong at an early hour.
You are requested to return this draft to the Foreign Office.
Date: 14 Oct 84
No. 16830
Last previous Paper: 16750
No. 16960
Copy letter from Chinese Government renewing application for surrender of Chinese fugitives.
Mr Bramston acknowledges in a P.S. to the draft on 16750.
C.P.L.
3 Oct
Reply - as it has been decided to chase the Elusion Men - Lord Derby thinks that the Prime Minister should be informed of the fact - viz. that under the Hongkong Law, Ordinance No. 3 of 1871, and No. 14 of 1874 (where the Judgment of Tientsin Court = 20f 1871) the proceedings before the Magistrate, as it still is within the discretion of the Governor, are not final, to discharge prisoners who have been committed by the Magistrate. In this case, after committal by the Magistrate, certain allegations...
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No. 16830
(Subject.)
Surrender of Chinese Fugitics
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