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From Viceroy Li.

De 30 APR 00:

sir,

February 15th. 1900.

I am in receipt of your despatch of the 12th.instant, in which you state that the Governor of Hongkong desires me to send offi-

cials to Hongkong to discuss measures for policing the West River.

You also state that when rendering assistance to the Chinese

Authorities the steam pinnance despatched by H.M.S."Tweed" to

arrest the pirates, was fired upon from the bank and one man was

wounded, and request that the village to which the pirated goods

were taken on this occasion and which opposed the pursuit, by

force of arms should be fined and punished.

I have directed Tao ai Lin Ho Tung, who is in charge of the

Naval and Military School and of the Torpedo Establishment, and

Post-Captain Lu Wen Ching, who holds the brevet rank of Brigadier-

-General, to proceed to Hongkong to discuss the matter, I have

also ordered that severe punishment be meted out to the village

which offered forcible resistance to the force pursuing the

pirates.

(Seal of Viceroy.)

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