CO129-299 - Administrator Major Gen Gascoigne - 1900 [5-6] — Page 561

CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案 All

Secret.

19396 19700

Land

C. 7.

23219

Rec2 REP 24 JUL 00

A

Government Honze,

động đông,

June 22 1900.

554

I have the honour to inform you that on

the 20th and 212 instant I sent

the cypher you

telegrams of which I enclose copies.

At the moment

considerable unrest

The

of writing, prevails in Canton at the prospect of departure

the Viceroy

Li Hung Chang, and yesterday I gave permission to the London Missionary Socisty to Accommodate in the vacant buildings within the

walled City of Kowloon, formerly occupied by them

Chinese officials there,

a

Christian

number

leaving that Erity

refugees from Canton who are

in consequence of

the Viceroy's impending departure.

Other Christian refugees have, I understand, already

arrived

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