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inspire terror and remove.
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well intentioned. But Menghing is a new Colony, and all is in its beginning. The people. that go there to trade and traffic are not- wealthy and quiet. personages, and the remainder employed in manual labour.
are
very
poor and have
no dependance and
many
idlers are
away atran
are mixe with
mixed up-r robbers and
them. Hence, there are nun, au
murderers and wretches who belong to the Triad.
Society
loridly amongst them; and this is the that all along Mongkong so pequent. lopes (theft) occur..
cause,
cases of
It is my humble opinion, that these people, resembling weeds, bansgres at: their homes the laws of China, and at. Hongkong sin.
9 against the British regulations. It is therefore, matter of great joy to send them beyond. the seas, there to die of age. and care however, fellows of a violent, and stubborn. disposition, and having in considerable numbers
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to reliven
combined
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combined together, they have pledged each. other to create disturbance. They consider. themselves as subjects of China, and are not willing to observe the English laws, and I therefore apprehensive that the multitude. will not willingly submit to it. The land and naval. prees of Your Honorable Country are
than sufficient for hecking them in chuck, must guard against an unexpected.
ant
but still.
cvent.
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is moreøver a
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prevision of the.
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to
supplementary beaty, that the subjects of Chima should be judged by Chinese Mandarins, and that natin malefactors having
run away Ringhong, should be sent back to the Chinese territory to receive there their purvishment,
• The best therefore that can be done., is to fireward the arrested felons to Cowleen in order to send them; to the Magistracy ( of "linan) to be there prosecuted a Then these.
villains