Cardwell
agrees
with In Mercer
that prima facie the duty of securing fulfilment of its
by
the
engagements Chinese Government rests
with the diplomatic Agents of Her Majesty's Government, but I desire to add that the
Colonial Authorities will not be
instructed
to continue extradition
longer than there shall be ample
reason for knowing that Criminals
Landed
over
to the Chinese Government are
not
treated
of
inhumanly. That portion
of
the
Acting Governor's Despatch
which relates to the practice
of deporting mendicants from Hong
Kong,
241
has been referred to the Law Officers of the Crown.
Your most obedient Servant
ReduicRogas