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Colonial Office, Fictoria, Hongkong, 19th February, 1847
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14th.
In reply to your letter No. 44€ of mit November last, I am directed by His Excelleng the Governer to state that as it has not been deemed expedient by the Government of India to carry out the recommendation previously made that Chinese Convicts from Hongkong should be transported to Scinde, His Excellency and the Executive Council of this Colony brust that the other alternative proposed, namely, the transportation of the same Convicts to the Tonasserim provinces may be sanctioned.
As it has been found impossible to substitute any secondary punishment in lieur of Transportation, that would operate as a
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G... Bushby, Esq. m Secretary to the Government of India,
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