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annoyed at this result

of

their

demand for extradition, and the arrest which has just been made as well as the capture which was effected in

May last year would seem to indicate that they have

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longer any trust in

the

recognized lawful mode for

obtaining the rendition of persons charged with the commission crimes in China, and that they

prefer to effect their object

of

in

an

3 irregular

large reward

manner.

The

offer of

a

for

the

See lash, Jar of Sub Jandh

capture of

d

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Chinese in Hongkong would be_

sufficient to tempt some

of the

lawless characters who are to be

him out of

found here to

convey

the Colony by fraudulent devices if ・not by force.

9.

In confirmation of the

-view expressed in the preceding-

paragraph I beg to refer to the extract from

following

a letter from

Her Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires at -Yeking dated the 5th September last=

"The irritation was doubtless

engendered by the refusal of

Chinese

aad

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