L.L

Hong Kong partakes

in and profits by traffic which the Queen's

Government deplores and

protests against.

There can

be

doubt.

War on

Chinese traffic, why British

subjects resident in

(as well as

there is

any

Australasia!)

Hong should not be sub-

jected

to the punishment

prescribed in Section 9

of the Kidnapping

Act 1872

for the offences specified

in that section, if they commit offences within the jurisdiction of the Colony, and

are to be

tried

with making

Connected with

the provisioning of

Cooly ships

5. Request for to prove

four particular attention

to the

"

Act, 1872.

to consider

if possible

to beat its provisions

right

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the meaning

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in

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they might be, I

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be made after-

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me & draft ordinance

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for that purpose

I don't think

delicate a matter it and be

Safe to have it to

ite

H. K. just to pass are ordinance without its being personally

cont

ho nee

and stopping all

of

immense benefit H. A. a

the Attorney Several

matter

of opinion that reference to this correspondence

Li

necessary,

I shall be

the measures trade. I prefer obliged by your causing

to peruse deliberated.

Is not this paragraph

doubtful:

or

we ourselves

en deavouring

the utmost expedition to

be used

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can allow of

4. me foot

lco

in the matter.

delay

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promote woody emigrating obliged by pay refuting

some Chinese to will own Colmics. Care we

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to we

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could in ofpersion

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can be Offed for pre- venting the resort. Cooly ships to the best of their being

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