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subjects residing in Hong Kong. It must however be admitted that a distinction may be drawn between the Chinese who have their permanent domicile on the Island, and those who only resort to it for the purposes of trade, and whose position more closely corresponds with that of British subjects in the Chinese Ports. - If the latter class be alone concerned, Lord Aberdeen apprehends that under all the circumstances of the case, the easiest mode of obviating the embarrassment would be that a Chinese Officer should reside in Hong Kong, and should exercise criminal jurisdiction over the subjects of The Emperor of China in the same manner, as the British Consuls in the Ports of China will exercise criminal jurisdiction over British subjects. The way in which this arrangement would be carried into effect might be the same.