CLOSURE IN MR MANSFIELD'S DESPATCH NO 33 OF JULY 12.1907.
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H.M.Consul General te Acting Vicorey Ha.
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Canton,July 18,1997.
sir,
I regret te have te report te Your Excellency another
piracy of a British launch,the "Ki Cheung", The circumstancos
as gathered from the information given me by the Captain
of the Chinese gunboats *Pao Chich"„by four passengers whe
were thrown overboard by the pirates and rescued by him, and
by the owner, captain and shroff of the launch are as follows.
The "Ki Choung" left Ch'an Ts'un on the afternoon of the
6th instant for Canton and when off San Shau Kao was boarded
by six armed pirates who came alongside in a sampan, the
captain being forcibly compelled to slow down to allow them
to come on beard by four pirates who were already on the
launch in the guise of passengers and who attacked him with
iron bars and hamboes.
Having obtained control of the launch the pirates set
about to pillage, their booty being money add property to the
value of some $300 taken from the passengers,$40 in cash
belonging to the launch and $30 and various articles of
clothing, the proporty of her crew. The launch was kept
under way and subsequently encountered the launch "Li Tung"
with a passenger beat in tew. The tow was dropped and the
"Li Tung" went in pursuit of the "Ki Cheung",being after-
wards a joined by the gunboat Pao Chieh" which also gave
ohase. To delay the pursuit tan passengers in all were
thrown overboard at different times,four of when were piokod
up by the sunboat, four by the "Li Tung" and two by another
launch the "Kuan Li" which was also met. Eventually the
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