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de frayed from the funds admini s-

tered by this department.

A similar claim was put

forward by the colonial authori-

ties on the previous occasion

when Edward Wallace was, under

apparently identical circumstances,

transferred to Hongkong from

the Consular Jail in Shanghae

in 1885, and the Secretary of

State for the Colonies express-

ed the opinion at the time that

the Consul in sending the man

to Hongkong had exceeded his

powers. This view appeared to

be justi fled by the fact that

the father of the lunatic who

was then residing at Shanghae

was in possession of an incone

sufficient

sufficient to make suitable pro-

vi sion for the care of his son.

An instruction was accordingly

addressed to Her Majesty's Minis-

ter at Peking requesting him to

make a communication to the Con-

sul at Shanghae in this sense and

to consult with the Crown Advocate

of the Supreme Court as to the

proper method of providing for

the lunatic's maintenance.

No

further report on the case of Ed-

ward Wallace has been received

until now, and Lord Salisbury

remains in ignorance as to the

exact circumstances of his di s-

charge from the Hongkong asylum,

and return to Shanghae.

When, at a later period,

Chief