113
on the returns given of Mortality amongst
the Chinese, and still
left
on the contents
"
of the singular column headed Mortality out of the Colony which is described as amounting to 864 deaths last
possibly be
can
attached to such
evidently
no
year.
There
sensible meaning
a return, which is
absurd and I have directed its
omission in future, though it appears
to have formed
one
of the regular
Annual
returns here for a series of years
46.
Of the remaining Ordinances passed
last year, to which I have not
specially
adverted, the most important as affecting
the social condition of the population
are
the Ordinances
for Maintenance of
Order and
Cleanliness (No. 8) since
amended and the Ordinance for
Suppression of Piracy (No. 9). The latter
constitutes
a Court to try
cases of Piracy
without intervention of
a Jury
whenever the
Attorney General
sees reason
to prefer
proceeding in the new Court during
vacation or
to prevent delay leading to
loss of evidence or tampering.
4.4.
tampering with witnesses.
The Court is to consist of the Chief Justice (President), the Senior Naval Officer, the Judge of the Summary Court and two others to be named from time to time by the Governor. The most valuable
portion of the Ordinance however is that
which enacts
penalties for confederation
in any degree with Pirates