advantage to the community, considering the danger to
are
inevitably
which you expressed by the immigration
of foreigners of dangerous
character, particularly
in
times of Civil or foreign disturbance. But I consider it desirable
on point of form,
that it is necessary
as
in
all
is to
enable the Authorities to
remove such persons,
without specifying that they are to be deported to any
"(
"1
place within the Empire
or
China". I transmit
to you copy of the Order
in Council which gives the necessary powers in
this respect to the Governor
of Malta and Gibraltar,
and which
we
may serve
as
a model for local enactment in Hong Kong. I think, however, that any
such Enactment should
be limited in duration to
a number of years, say
five.
7. Finally, it appears
to me, that when the