CO129-339 - Acting Governor May Governor Nathan - 1907 [1-3] — Page 56

ONFIDENTIAL.

Hongkong.

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My Lord,

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Gordennent Haube,

Hongkong, 23rd. January, 1907,

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Referring to Your Lordship's

Confidential Despatch of the 28th. of September, 1906, and

to Sir Matthew Nathan's Confidential Despatch of the 14th.

of November, 1906, in reply concerning allegations regard- 76

-ing the Shipping Master at Hongkong, I have the honour to

inform Your Lordship that, shortly after Sir Matthew

Nathan's Despatch was sent, the Harbour Master, having

reported the incident which forms the second charge brought

against the Shipping Master, Mr. A. P. Guterres, in the

list of charges of which a copy is enclosed later on,

it

was decided by the Acting Colonial Secretary that Mr.

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14 letters obiet

Journal doritary to Guterres (27th November

Guterres should be formally brought before the Executive

Council with a view to his suspension.

2.

Copies of the correspondence

noted in the margin are enclosed. The first letter contains

the charges against Mr. Guterres; the second is his reply;

the

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

THE EARL OF ELGIN, K.G.,

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