CO129-522-1 Illicit traffic in Chinese opium 7-12-1929 - 29-10-1930 — Page 53

Enclosure in Canton despatch No. 33 of March 31st, 1930.

Translation.

No.71/30.

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From Canton Municipality,

1st March, 1930.

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I have received a despatch from the Kwangtung Opium

Suppression Bureau to the effect that a superintendent of the

Bureau who is concurrently Captain or the "Tung Hsing"

transport, Jung Tzu Heng, reports as follows:- 'On instructions

from the Bureau I took command of the "rung Hsing" transport

carrying two transit passes and four sealed despatches covering

the Carriage of 83 cases of Anti-Opium Medicine Material to

which Government stamps were affixed. On March 2nd. I left

Canton for Swatow Bor the Ch'ao Mei District Opiwn Suppression

Bureau to make anti-Opium Medicine. At 10.40 p.m. on the

same day the weather turned foggy and when we arrived at Ling

Ting Yang and were entering Tan Kan T'o the pilot, Kuo Ch'1

Tung, took the wrong course owing to fog and proceeded to

Po Liao an in Hongkong waters near Chinese territory and

stranded at midnight. Deputy da shu Yün hired a fishing boat

and went to Hongkong to hire salvage vessels, As danger

threatened at that time he did not for the moment notify the

Hongkong Government Harbour Office. On the 4th at noon he

hired two salvage vessels and the Fuho launch and proceeded

with the salvage work. At 4 p.m. on the same day the Hongkong

Government No. 6 naval launch and four men came to the ship

and investigated the circumstances of the stranding. At 12.30

that night the "Tung Hsing" was refloated and waited for Deputy

Ma to return before leaving for Swatow. Unexpectedly at 4 a.m.

on the 5th the Hongkong Customs sent a Revenue launch which

came to the ship at daybreak and examined her. A telegram

was sent to Hongkong and in reply a No. 1 tug was sent which

forcibly