2.
7
3
459
Where therefore they
Mendicants
were
thieves it would appear
equally inexpedient that this Colony
should be selected as
the place to
which they should be deported.
It is specially worthy of notice
that for two or
three months
antecedent to the arrival of the
Steamer there were
scarcely any Burglarians in Victoria; but there has
either been
an influx
of
the
class
effected, as an attempt, nights of the 30
I have to (Signed) W. M. Deane,
Captain Superintendent.
?
the day the landed
Extract from the "Daily Press" of
November, 1872.
"Shanghai..
"The 'Courier' of the 26th Ultimo contains the following statement, which
is of some interest to the Authorities here: This evening, about 8 o'clock, sixteen Canton men were
seen
being
paraded along the Public Road in charge of the Police. They consisted of old offenders, thieves and vagabonds.
Some
of
them have been locked up
for periods of
one and five
years.
They
were
on board the "Yangtse", being
deported from Shanghai, and