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Chinese who might be sent on errand, and also to the trouble
an
ontailed by the necefsity of obtaining
Passes every month.
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The bitter class of Chinese the ather hand complained of being placed with regard to Night Passes in the same category with the commonest Coolies, and also of the hardship to which respectable
in case of
earry
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Chinese were exposed, the accidental omission to Paps, of being locked up all night, not to mention the Penalties of whipping and exposure in the stocks prescribed by Section I but which it is hardly necesary to say
were
mever
in practice inflicted by the
Magistrates.
The new Ordinance has removed
all these subjects of complaint and has given general satisfaction.
Annual Passes may
mav
be
obtained from the Colonial Secretary by any respectable Ohinese resident.
Special Pages for limited
periods may
likewise be obtained
from the Colonial Secretary by Chinese Merchants visiting the Colony
here.
temporarily sajourning hav. Quarterly Papes
to
are now
and
issued
any respectable applicant by the Superintendent of Police and furnished to European Residents for the me