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Your Excellency to carry out the provisions of the 20th article of the Treaty of Tientsin, where it is stipulated that if any British vessel be wrecked or stranded on the coast of China the Chinese Authorities shall adopt measures for its relief and security, and extend friendly treatment to those on board. Such a consummation will be worthy of Your Excellency's benign disposition.
With reference to Major Fan Kan-t'ing's report the undersigned begs leave to observe that it does not tally in all particulars with that made by Lieutenant Lloyd, R.N. commanding His Majesty's Gunboat "Bouncer", who mentions that on reaching the Pratas, he found in the lagoon a Chinese Junk, having 16 men and 5 women on board;
and that on searching her in concert with Major Fan Kan-T'ing and Captain Edwards, Commander of the "Chen-to", he found her to be filled with articles forming part of the equipment of foreign vessels, besides a quantity of miscellaneous cargo. The master of the Junk, on being interrogated, stated that he had been at anchor there for two months. It is plain therefore that this vessel was lying at the shoal on the look-out
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Your Excellency to carry out the provisions of the 20th
article of the Treaty of Tientsin, where it is stipu-
lated that if any British vessel be wrecked or stranded
on the coast of China the Chinese Authorities shall
adopt measures for its relief and security, and extend
friendly treatment to those on board. Such a consumma-
tion will be worthy of Your Excellency's benign dispos-
ition.
With reference to Major Fan Kan-t'ing's report the
undersigned begs leave to observe that it does not tally
in all particulars with that made by Lieutenant Lloyd,
R.N. commanding His Majesty's Gunboat "Bouncer", who
mentions that on reaching the Pratas, he found in the
lagoon a Chinese Junk, having 16 men and 5 women on
board;
and that on searching her in concert with Major
Fan Kan-T'ing and Captain Edwards, Commander of the
"Chen-to", he found her to be filled with articles
forming part of the equipment of foreign vessels, be-
sides a quantity of miscellaneous cargo. The master
of the Junk, on being interrogated, stated that he had
been at anchor there for two months. It is plain there-
fore that this vessel was lying at the shoal on the
look-out
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