CO129-254 - Governor Sir Robinson - 1892 [1-4] — Page 414

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named Law &

Ying

Zad been

arrested on the previous

day

house in the British portion of

Sham Shui-pö- British Kowloon - by

Village in

armed Chines

into

soldiers, who carried him offi

Chinese ter

Kerritory

and then placed

him on board of.

a

boat, which

mediately saited away six the direction of Canton.

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The matter was at

once reported to H. B. M's Acting Consul General at the latter place, and in order that full and

might be

mu

krustworthy evidence taken, Major General Barker, who

Government

was

Administering the Govern

at the time, issued a Commission

to the Registrar General and the - Acting Captains Superintendent of Police, who visited the scene

of the

rest and obtained evidence which

clearly established that Lam Eping

had

64 oct 1891.

407 territa

territory

had been seized in Britishi and forcibly carried out of the Jurisdiction of the Colony. The

report of the Commissioners and the evidence taken by than

L.

inly forwarded to Mr Watters, who reported on the 20th of July

that he had addressed an in

despatch

on the ou

the subject to the

Viceroy of the Two Ku

44.

L

urgent

Kuang provinces.

On the 26th of August

Not Watters reported that he had

despatch from the

received a

Ficeroy stating that he had given

investigation to be

orders for an investe made into the case.

5.

After further correspon. dence in which nothing definite was elicited from the Viceroy regarding Lam Ying, the Aching

Consul General wrote under date. of the 26th of October (copy of letter enclosed / to the effect that he had

received

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