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Hong Kong, and relying on numerous precedents Your Bezetting me to issue the necessary instructions in order that Captain Ozorio might accomplish the mission with which he is charged.
The principle involved in the question of the extradition of Deserters from the Macao Garrison is so important, that although I felt secure in my views of the matter I deemed it advisable before answering Your Excellency's despatch to take the opinion of the Attorney General of this Colony.
I have further looked into the precedents to which Your Excellency called my attention, and though they undoubtedly lead me to believe that cases of Extradition of Portuguese Deserters have occurred in Hong Kong, yet in the absence of sufficient evidence to guide me as to the particular circumstances of the different claims, and the action taken thereon by this Government, I am unable to consider them as cases by which to regulate my conduct under the circumstances of the present application.
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