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Viceroy to H.IJ. M. Consul, Canton.

(Cory.)

Siv,

139

Capton, 5th August, 1889.

I have the honour to acknowledge

receipt yesterday of your despatch running

I have the honour to bring

ae

follows:-

a----

to Your Excellency's notice a report received from the Hongkong Government recent violation of Pritish Territory by an "

of

armed party of Chinese who arrested two natives at Tham Juipo in British Howloon and carried them off

over the Chinese frontier feeling

at measur

that prompt

to

eure

5 give

the

Hongkong Government the redress they

seek and prevent the recurrence in the future of acts likely to

complications as the

cause such grave

as the one complained of. I understand that demand is

C Alabaster, Exque

being

.