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the 11 prisoners accused of

of

the murder

g

Yang family,

3 members of the

of the

as to satis

satisfy

the minds

Council; and that the Executive

decided this

Im. I had ordered

Council

having

question

in the

regative,

AMG.

The Governor of the Colony, with

the assistance

of the Executive

Council to make an enquiry

{

enquiry in

从

the matter, with the view of

whether the" proof of

determining quilt required by Art : XXL of

the Treaty of Tientsin, was such

as

had instructed the Governor of

Kong to discharge the prisoners

from custody

After having communicated

with the Vicekoy of

Subfect of

Canton on the

there despatches Trepet

to