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in fact it may be said that it is largely owing to the assistance rendered by the Navy that Shaeen was able to hold out.

I must also add a word of thanks to His Excellency's the Governor of Hongkong and to other numbers of the Hong- kong Government for their readiness to assist us in what- ever way they could.

As concerns the negotiations with the Chinese, the arrival of the new French Consul, M, de la Frade, on July 8th, a week before the Chameen employees were ordered out, waz narticularly fortunate for the whole community. M. de la Frade is an üble and experienced official, and, what was perhaps even more important, he and I worked together throughout as one man. His shrewiness, his resourcefulneDS and his tenacity, and above all his absolute reliability, were invaluable in attaining a settlement,

Particular mention must also be made of Lieutenant- Colonel Crosse, Manager of the local branch of the Union Insurance Society of Canton and Chairman of the British runicipal Council. His fluency in the Cantonese dialect as well as his knowledge of the written character made hin particularly useful in the early stages of the "strike", when it was supposed that the matter could be settled by negotiations with strike headquarters. The engagement of

the new Police was conducted entirely through him, na alno the arrangements made with and on behalf of both the new and the old Police. The burden of organization of the Municipal services was chiefly his, and he may fairly be said to have done the work of two men during the whole