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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 11TH JUNE, 1881.
5. Believing that one of the first duties of the Executive in a Colony like this is to discourage the growth of a criminal population, I shall certainly employ all the authority the existing laws give me to put a check to this system.
6. As far as I have seen, the mere bringing into operation of clause XIX of Ordinance 6 of 1866 is already producing a good effect.
I have, &c.,
(Signed)
J. POPE HENNESSY,
Governor.
The Right Honourable
THE EARL OF Carnarvon,
Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies,
&c.,
&c.,
&e.
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE EARL OF CARNARVON TO GOVERNOR HENNESSY, C.M.G.
HONGKONG.
No. 122.
No. 32-June 11th, 1877
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SIR, I have received your despatches noted in the margin, with their enclosures, upon the subject of the seizure of a Junk and its cargo in the waters of Hongkong by a Chinese Revenue Cruiser.
I approve of the demand made by you for the surrender of 111 balls of opium in addition to those already given up by the Chinese Government; and I have also to convey to you my approval of the course you are pursuing in respect of such smugglers as leave the harbour without complying with the Harbour Ordinance No. 6 of 1866.
I have to add, that the Marine Magistrates, Messrs. MAY and THOMSETT, appear to me to have exceeded their duty in awarding no punishment in the matter, on the ground that all the evidence in the case came from the Master of the Junk and consisted in his charge against a Chinese Cruiser. I am of opinion that, in the circumstances of the case, they ought either to have dismissed the charge for want of evidence; or, if they were satisfied of the facts, have formally convicted the defendant, and have laid before you anything they might have wished to urge in favour of remitting the forfeiture.
Governor HENNESSY, C.M.G.,
&c.,
&C.,
&c.
I have, &c.,
(Signed)
CARNARVON,
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Bill, which was read a first time at a Meeting of the Legislative Council, held on 3rd instant, is published for general information.
By His Excellency's Command,
Council Chamber, Hongkong, 4th June, 1881.
ARATHOON SETH,
Acting Clerk of Councils,