Owing, I believe, to the obstruct -tacties of the Viceroy, the Customs offi have-been: unable to shift from th stations and offices. In reply to a query from the Chamber of Commerce, as. to what was being done in connection with the removal. of the Customs to their own frontiers, the. Government state that by arrangement the three stations of Capsuisoon, otoshow, and. Cheungchow (the plague is very bad in the last named island) are permitted to remain in the occupation of the Chinese Customs until accommodation on their new frontier has been provided, bat, not. later,, than: October next, and on the condition that no coercive Kept locked, was let open for a few minutes.. The boy,. who probably: saw the door was unlocked, must have crept up, seized the watches, hurried downstairs and made tracks for Hongkong. The other servants, when questioned on the loss being discovered, reported that he said was going to see his friend, the boy at No. 7, but presumably he took another direc tion, Although the loss was reported to the Police in Jess than three hours after the dissippearance of the boy, no trace has so far been found of the: thief, although he was quite, young and probably a prentice hand at this. wor Hongkong, 29th April.
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