CO129-335 - Governor Nathan - 1906 [8-10] — Page 499

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No.265.

Hongkong.

42965

1: 22 NOV

Government House,

492

Hongkong, 22nd.October,1906.

My Lord,

Damage to Euro-

Pean Mercantile Shipping.

Enclosure 1.

Voo

uotas

In continuation of my Despatch

No. 238, dated the 5th. instant, I have the honour to

submit a supplementary report, arranged

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for convenience

of reference under the headings and paragraphs of that

Despatch on the subject of the typhoon which passed over

this Colony between 8.30 a.m. and 11 a.m. on Tuesday the

18th. September.

Paragraph 4.

A revised list is enclosed of

casualties to Mercantile Shipping, exclusive of Steam-

launches and Native craft. This list shows what has hap-

-pened in the case of each injured vessel up to the present

date. It excludes a Chinese Revenue Sailing Schooner which

appeared in the former list but includes one more British

Ship

- the "Holcheong" since reported as having been total-

-ly lost. One of the River Steamers the *Wing Chai" previous-

-ly so reported has since been raised and sold at auction

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

THE EARL OF ELGIN, K.G.,

800.

800.

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&C. *

for