CO129-295 - Public Offices - 1899 — Page 495

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CANTON,

21702 RECO

492

Rec 17 AUG 39

May 25th, 1899.

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23.

Sir:

I had yesterday the honour to send you the

following telegram in code:-

"British vessel pirated West River will you

give support to reasonable demand for compen-

sation for loss sustained from Chinese Author-

ities?"

The details of the case as reported to me yester-

day are as follows:

The large steam-launch "Wo On" owned by the

British merchants Banker and Company of Hong Kong and

Canton and flying under the Steam Navigation Inland

Regulations left this port at 8 a.m. on the 23rd in-

stant for the West River. At Kumchuk she took on

board a number of passengers, 24 of whom, as the

vessel came out of the creek into the West River,

0. Bax-Ironside, Esq.,

&C.,

80.7

&C.,

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