CO129-220 - Governor Sir Bowen - 1885 [1-3] — Page 331

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quartero in England, viz : that the Freuch

belligerents

are

deriving practically

prore-

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that the French receive no cannon, or...

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other arms, or

any munitions of war,

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advantage from Houghong than the

Chinese belligerut.

2.

There cannot be a greater

illusion . The only assistance that the

frouch are

permitted to derive from ___ Hongkong is that when their men

-of-war

are allowed (as I

call at this port, they have already reported) to be furnished, ( in accordance with Your Lordship's ... instructions.) with such amount of coal and provisions

as is neccesary to carry

them to the nearest national port_i.e.

Saigon. There is

every reason to believe

that

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through Hongkong . All warlike stores come to them direct from

France.

On the other hand, as I have.

3.

already reported by telegraph.

the

on

3rd

Februvery ultimo, and in my

3741 despatches K. 39 of the 20th January,

N.° 2077

5490 and t. 850

: the 21th February ultimus, the Chinese have bou receiving for

some

+

tive past from this Colony (priccipally

through German firms

established fre

largo supplies of canon, arew, and munitions of war of all kinds, which: have been purchased in Europe. The

Fremo

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