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

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