CO129-237 - Governor Des Voeus Acting Governor Stewart - 1888 [1-6] — Page 533

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serious

on the Colony

injury appeared open to still graver objection. I was morcover

ing to

informed that according all previous experience (as for instance in the case

of the jinrickoha-men before referred to) the resistance

in the

would give way course of a few days.

8.

This anticipation,

however, proved incorrect. The cargo-boats had been

from

the

first.

withdrawn

into

into Chinese waters, and on

the 27th April (the business of the port having in the meantime been brought almost to a standstill), they

still remained there, when the boatmen addressed me

a

7

petition, praying for the cancellation of the requlation

as

to photographs. It similar

petition

was also, received

from a number of Chinese merchante who were suffering

from the strike.

9.

SHOES

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