There

This pride of dealing

Witte Crammals tunder

the very exceptional circumstances of Hongkong And the risk incurred by

The Community

being overrun by criminals

The Colony

from thence young Mainland

have been Menache operand

Appears most to

with some

representations to the Duke of Buckingham

brews.

and is the system to which in

Many

dispatch

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I expressed myself

littery to have recourse

direct provision

the subject by

the absence of any

Ordinance

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As I perceive however that the power

of a Governor, wending to ther Allowing femal

is not identical with that of

because

Queen in

Granty

Conditional pardons, how the Sovereign may Annex Any Condition to such exercisin Royal Plerogative, whereas the former

Make such Conditions, as

have been

only specially legalising - there seems to be no doubts

But in the present state of ther law the

Community

is

2.7

Temporary

deprived of

it's Nevity effection

of protection against the return of

Convicted Criminals.

now

The main question therefore, deems to be the expediening of legationing the power

Exercend oflate years

with supporternable benefit to the security oflife and property à

Hengking and I Confess that looking at the peculiar be regarded which may

position of that Colony

As in a crustant thate of siege by the most hard and and depraved Corrinals of Southern China, there Can be no doubt that such a power is expedient and necessary in the highest degree - and that

Hill Government would Coupler a most valuable 133 boom on the Community by eppering the hecessary or sauturing the neerful authoring

for resumption of a system, which in tufflies to many of the Police deficiencies of the Colony.

It is a system to ther operations of letih

I hard to devoth Much personal theme and care,

Arad

win no mistamme that came to my

hars Aury

more prepare been

Ruswolidge

excreised to induce Criminals to accepts

parthis on the Conditions adverted to.

On the Contrary

Criminal classes

as

a general Rule thin exhibited Considerable

accepting

astutemps in refersing

Auch Corditions dccriding.

or

to the protable

benefit which in each case Key Could

derive from the transaction

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The use

of emontivins

Corouting from

Afil to more than 600

May June and July and wire then 900

August - filling

the Suspension of

the conditioned pardon system

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