540 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 17TH SEPTEMBER, 1879.
Resolutions proposed and carried at a Public
Meeting held at Victoria, Hongkong, on Mon-
day, the 7th day of October, 1878.
1st Resolution.
Proposed by Honourable W. KESWICK.
Seconded by W. REINERS, Esq.
That during the past eighteen months life and
property in this Colony have been seriously
jeopardized, and a feeling of insecurity, the result
of recent events, has been engendered, which in
the opinion of this meeting have been mainly
caused by a policy of unduc leniency towards the
criminal classes.
2nd Resolution.
Proposed by W. H. FORBES, Esq.
Seconded by G. SHARP, Esq.
That in the opinion of this meeting there is no necessity for any change in the laws and Police Regulations of the Colony, but that the remedy for the existing state of affairs is in a firm and unfettered administration of the laws as they stand, especially those relating to the punishments for crimes with violence. That flogging in public has been found to be the only really deterring punishment for the class of criminals frequenting the Colony, and to its suspension, and the sus- pension of other necessarily stern modes of treat- ment, enforced during previous governments, is attributable the daring boldness which has lately characterized crime in Hongkong.
3rd Resolution.
Proposed by D. RUTTUNJEE, Esq. Seconded by W. S. YOUNG, Esq.
This meeting views with great apprehension the opinion of the Colonial Surgeon with regard to the effect of the use of the “Cat-o’-nine-tails " on the back of criminals, and the action of His Excellency the Governor in respect thereto, and
proposes that a Commission of Medical men be appointed to inquire into the matter.
4th Resolution.
Proposed by H. H. NELSON, Esq.
Seconded by A. McCLYMONT, Esq.
That in the opinion of this meeting the almost total abolition of the system of deporting habi- tual criminals, which in most cases means simply returning the deported to the place from which they came to violate the laws of the Colony, is injudicious, and will result in Gaol accommoda- tion having to be provided for an undue propor- tion of the criminal population of the South of China, at an expense the Colony should not be called upon to bear.
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