176
in the
Cas
Heathens
(as is done in the Tritone's
of the
the East India Company) facilitating as much
and
as
possible of false
the
punishment
evidence and that
this method is stated by
the Attorney General to
have been hitherto remarkably
...
Under these circumstances,
and with reference
to the
Imperial
Act 22 & 23
Vict
c. 221
Mr. Labouchere
wishes to be informed
in the first
instance
To the Attorney and
whether you consider
any of the provisions of the above mentioned
Ordinance (and if so
which of them) to be
either illegal
in the sense that they
cannot be lawfully sanctioned
by the Majesty
notwithstanding
the explanations of the Attorney General of Hong
Kong)
or
to be open
to objection in point of
expediency.
I am to point out
that in my