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stirring up riots in their camp and attempting to escape:
they are a source of considerable expense to this Colony and
I cannot see that any good purpose is now served by keeping
so many men in close confinement and idleness.
at present 738 men in the camp.
There are
4. Copies of this despatch are being sent to His
Majesty's Ambassadors at Shanghai and Tokyo, Consul-General,
Canton, and the General Officer Commanding the British Troops
in China.
I have, etc.,
(Signed) A.3.Northcote
Governor.
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