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his Chateumba, emelos $*.
particulars, it was discovered that he had gone off to
Hong Kong under the impression, as I heard later, that
the receipt given him for his deposit was a document which would enable him to enter Hong Kong, although,
of course, the nature of the receipt had been explained to him (through an interpreter) when he received it. On arrival in Hong Kong he was promptly arrested, fined $15,
and expelled, and the Inspector-General of Police sent me a memorandum, dated July 10th (of which a copy is enclosed)
requesting me to give him no facilities to come to Hong
Kong except in direct transit.
3. Benares Khan returned to Canton and called at
this Consulate General, and was duly reprimanded for his
stupidity in going to Hong Kong without waiting for
permission. He explained at length how it happened that
he had made the mistake, and produced a more definite written offer of employment from the same resident in
Hong Kong, one Firdos Khan, who employs a number of
Indian watchmen whom he supplies to various firms, ships,
etc. there. I considered that the man had genuinely made an innocent mistake, and I failed to see any reason
why a British subject who had already resided and worked
in a British Colony should be refused permission to re-
enter the Colony when nothing was alleged against his character
or record and he was not destitute. On July 17th
I accordingly wrote semi-officially to the Inspector- General of Police requesting that the case should be
reconsidered/
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