Correspondence on [piracy in] Bias Bay; manning of Hong Kong garrison; suggested co-operation of all powers represented in China with Chinese authorities to suppress piracy, or else an international patrol of Bias Bay might be set up; Governor approves action taken on S.S. Irene; request for suggested action if British ship is pirated during negotiations; military report; British Minister Peking cannot at the moment spare ships for any patrol of Bias Bay; supplies of opium; political report on nominal end of boycott of British goods in Hong Komg and on departure of Li Chai-Sum from Canton, followed by fighting there leaving the city in control of Cheung Fat-fui’s party; Canton controlled by Chang Fa-kuei's men, following flight of Wang Shui-hung, leaving the city in the Chiang Kai-shek faction, not the Nanking group; after arrival of Li Chai-sum in Shanghai, conferences are to be held with Nanking group on future of Kuomintang Party; imposition of new taxes by Nanking Government; description of Clementi's week long stay in Peking; disapproval of new taxes; protest at searching of ships by Canton-controlled Bucca Tigris forts; military report on situation in Canton, now held by Wong K'ei-cheung, Sit Ngok and Li Fuk-lam, after arising against General Li Chai-sum's lieutenant, Wong Shin-hung; Peking disapproves of proposed closing of Chinese Hong Kong Telegraph Administration and its handing over to the Eastern Extension Company; information requested by Lampson on illegal taxation of foreign trade in Canton and on possibility of Hong Kong vessel, after being refused a Consular certificate, continuing to trade as Chinese, under British flag; suggestion that on receipt of grant, Canton government might organise anti-piracy fleet in Bias Bay; appointment of Chu Chao-hsin as Commissioner for Foreign Affairs in Canton; general agreement that international action against pirates should be limited to Bias Bay; enforcement of new taxes in Shanghai, where Standard Oil Company are negotiating a reduction.