Enclosure
Government House,
Hongkong, 24th October, 1886.
I have the honour to inform you that another gross violation of the territorial rights of this Colony has just been committed by some Chinese.
Chinese Officials, who boarded a steam ferry boat in the waters of the Colony, seized a passenger and took him forcibly to Kowloon City, where he was last night beheaded, although strong remonstrance had been addressed to the Viceroy by Her Majesty's Consul at Canton on the 13th instant, and demand had been made for his immediate release.
2. It is scarcely necessary to remind Your Excellency that, in the early part of this year, a Chinaman was arrested ...
Sir John Walsham, Bart.
Peking
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Enclosure
Government House,
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Hongkong, 24th Antober, 1886.
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I have the honour to informs youn
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ous violation of the
gross
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boat in the water of the Colony, and look him forcibly to Kowloon City, where
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addressed to the Viceroy by Her Majestijo
Consul at Cauton on
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