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received from the Viceroy fully admits the responsi-

bility of the Chinese Government in this matter; but I

regret to add that His Excellency proposes

merely

the usual Chinese method of evading the consequences

of this responsibility, viz. the issue of orders to

subordinate functionaries which it must be perfectly

well known will not and cannot be obeyed. In my reply

to the Viceroy's despatch closing the correspondence,

I have reminded His Excellency of the necessity for

special measures of a very different description from

mere formal orders addressed to Authorities residing at

a distance of from one to two hundred miles from the

spot in question, if any actual steps are to be taken

for affording security to life and property at the

Pratas, and have hinted to His Excellency that the

failure to discharge a duty which he has now plainly

recognized exposes his Government to claims for in-

demnity for losses that may occur hereafter.

A claim of this kind has indeed given the Viceroy

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much trouble, special orders having been received last

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year by the French Consul here from the Imperial Gov-

ernment to exact compensation for a French vessel which

was