Enclosure 2. mic
11
RECO REG & MAY
In pursuance of the instructions from Your Excellency, a copy of which is attached, I started about 2.35 a.m. on the 4th instant from Government House and proceeded with Mr. Tsoi on board a Police pinnace to Kowloon City which was reached about 3.30 a.m.
The Colonel-in-Command there was at once aroused from his slumbers and informed by me of the situation at 大埔墟 Tai Po Hu. At my request he promised to telegraph to the Viceroy at Canton and to send special messengers to the Sun On Magistrate and to Colonel Fong, the Colonel in Command of the 300 Chinese troops, to be despatched to various points in the newly leased territory. I left Kowloon City at 4 a.m. and went on board H.M.S. "Whiting" at 4.17 a.m. which was waiting in Kowloon Bay in accordance with an arrangement previously made with His Excellency the General Officer Commanding Major-General Gascoigne, C.M.G. As soon as we got on board, the "Whiting" started for Tai Po Hu and I read my instructions to R.E. the General Officer Commanding.
We passed the Lyeemoon Pass at 4.38 a.m. A dense fog came on at 5 a.m. and ten minutes later the "Whiting" had to stop to take soundings. After soundings had been taken she proceeded at a speed of about 20 knots.
At about 5.30 a.m., she ran against the rocks at Fung Head south of the entrance of Mirs Bay.
Considering how dense the fog was and the speed at which the "Whiting" had to proceed, in view of the urgency of
Enclosure 2. mic
11
RECO REG & MAY
In pursuance of the instructions from Your Ex-
sellency, a copy of which is attached, I started about 2.35 a.m.
on the 4th. instant from Government House and proceeded with
Mr.Tsoi on board a Police pinnace to Kowloon City which was
reached about 3.30 a.m.
The Colonel-in-Command there was at once arou-
sed from his slumbers and informed by me of the situation at 大埔墟
Tai Po Hu. At my request he promised to telegraph to the Vice-
roy at Canton and to send special messengers to the Sun On Ma-
gistrate and to Colonel Fong, the Colonel in Command of the
300 Chinese troops, to be despatched to various points in the
newly leased territory, I left Kowloon City at 4 a.m. and
went on board H.M.S."Whiting" at 4.17 a.m. which was waiting
Ma-
in Kowloon Bay in accordance with an arrangement previously
nade with His Excellency the General Officer Commanding
jor-General Gascoigne, C.M.G. As soon as we got on board, the
Whiting" started for Tai Po Hu and I read my instructions to
R.E. the General Officer Commanding.
We passed the Lyeemoon Pass at 4.38 a.m. A
dense fog came on at 5 a.m. and ten minutes later the 'Whiting had to stop to take soundings. After soundings had been taken
she proceeded at a speed of about 20 knots.
At about 5.30 a.m, she ran against the rocks at
Fung Head south of the entrance of Mirs Bay.
Considering how dense the fog was and the speed
at which the "Whiting" had to proceed, in view of the urgency
of
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