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I, George Oockle, L. S. A. 50, do hereby certify that by

1) virtue of the within warrant I arrested the within named Chung Hsiu- Nan aliae Ohung Sau Nam at Victoria in this Colony at 12.30 P. M. on the 18th. day of November, 1913.

Witness my hand this 18th. day of November, 1913.

(sd) George Jookle

L. S. A. 50.

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No 4.

DESPATCH

Translation

From Lung Chi-kuang, Tutu of Kungtung .

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To H.M. CONSUL GENERAL.

20th. day of November, 1915.

Extradition of Chung Haiu-nan

Some time ago I had the honour to inform you that Chung H■iu-nan had made off with $160,000 of money belonging to the Kuangtung Government and to request you to telegraph the particulars to His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government of Hongkong. By his good offices Chung Hsiu-nan was arrested by the Hongkong Polios. I afterwards received

a report from the Treasury Commissioner to the effect that the officer in charge of the Treasury Cheat, Shen Hui, had discovered that Chung Hsiu-nan had stolen a ledger, the property of the Kuangtung Government, a book of great import- ance, and I again had the honour to request you to telegraph to His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government

of Hongkong and ask him to cause Chung Hsiu-nan to be

extradited to Kuangtung for trial. The following is a list

of Chung Hsiu-nan'■ offences:

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1. On August 4th 1913 Chung Hsiu-nan did in Canton

secretly take away two cheques, the property of the Kuangtung

Government, one being of the value of $100,000 and the other of the value of $50,000, and did flew with them to Hongkong.

2. On August 4, 1913, Chung Hsiu-nan in Canton did

secretly transfer $150,000 of the Government funds which the

Kuangtung Government had in the Shamien branch of the Hong-

kong Bank to the Hongkong office of the sane bank and did

procure Yang Hsi-yen to request the Russian Bank te take

that sum over from the Hongkong & Shanghai Bank in a new

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