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Received

December

The

Lost Mail from China I

letter from the Acting Colonial Secretary

It is

also true of the

Commissioners, enclosing a copy of

No. 1 of 1866, entitled

to amend

Certain

Ordinances

An Amendment

enactments relative to the

Criminal Law, (being the required amendment)

herein referred to) by which the Commissioners

Make

Contained

the several amendments.

4.

Advances

in

Last Section

are

required to be herein

new edition of the

letter referred to

contains

the following directions

amendment

"be made

as

directed to myself,

The

will perceive that

easily

we

of

and Mr. Ball and myself

agreed

to

request you

to make

in

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"power contained

in

the Act.

I beg

accordance

with

Last Section on

to state that acting in

the

wishes of the Hong Kong Government, to avoid delay. The printing

of

the Ordinances has been completed up

Ordinances No. 5 of 1863. and I now beg to request if the

desire

242

authority

of the Right Honorable the Secretary of

State

for the Colonies

to the completion

of the Ordinances

as

originally intended

or

any

variation therein

I have the honor to be

Sir,

Your most obedient humble Servant

2. May

Magistrate

of Hong Kong

To

The Governor

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Received

December

The

Lost Mail from China

A letter from the Acting Colonial Secretary

It is also true of the

Commissioners, enclosing a copy of

No. 1 of 1866, entitled

"An Ordinance to amend

Certain enactments relative to the

Criminal Law," (being the required amendment)

herein referred to.

The Commissioner has made

the several amendments contained

in the last section.

4. Advances

The letter referred to contains

the following directions:

"be made as directed to myself.

Mr. Ball and I agreed

to request you to make

the necessary amendments

in accordance with the

last section.

I beg to state that, acting in

the wishes of the Hong Kong Government,

to avoid delay, the printing

of the Ordinances has been completed up

to Ordinance No. 5 of 1863.

I now beg to request the authority

of the Right Honorable the Secretary of State

for the Colonies to the completion

of the Ordinances as originally intended,

or any variation therein.

I have the honor to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient humble Servant,

2 May

Magistrate of Hong Kong

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