under the pressure of serious danger and constant
apprehension from the
hostile disposition of the
people
on the adjacent
mainland, and from the
effects
of storing of disaffection
among
the lower classes
of
Chinese who
are
congregated in the Colony
3.
Nevertheless
there are portions of this
Ordinance which it is impossible to advise Her Majesty to approve, and
which it is hoped may be
safely dispensed with by the time when any present
Despatch reaches you.
4.
I would for instance question
Art. 11 which
seems to repose the lives of peaceful inhabitants
to serious danger without
adequate
Cause:
Dec 14.
Which authorizes not only
persons serving
in Her Majesty's sea and land forces,
but also of
Her Allies, to exercise the