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are to make careful enquiry. as to whether the men arrested. had

& just crossed the border, pursued by the Officers who

took them.

I have the honour to be

Gentlemen, Your most obedient servant,

Lof. F. Stewart,

Colonial Secretary.

Whereas the Governor

in Council has the power under the Commissioners Powers Ordinance 1886, among other things, to nominate and appoint Commissioners under the seal of the Colony for the purpose of nistituting making and conduct. ing any enquiry that may

be

deemed advisable or necessar

у

and for reporting thereon.

And whereas it has been

reported to me,

Sir G. William

Des Voeux, K.C.M.G. Governor and Commander.un. chief of the Colony

and its dependencies

of Hong Kong and Vice Admiral of the same,

and its Dependenecio

that one No Lam Sz.

Isang Sz

and one

evere forcibly arrested

on the 9th day of August, 1889, at British Kowloon by certani Chinese

Soldiers and conveyed into Chinese

Lerritory.