List of opinion that
2. There are 250 so far as the Colony of Hong Kong is concerned, the proper course to be taken, to clear most Cantonists from proper participation.
The Telegram is to pass, with the alterations pointed out by me in the Telegram of the 12th Instant, the Chinese Emigration Ordinances, a draft of which was enclosed in Despatch No. 4 of the 22 January.
There, however, are two points in the Report of the Attorney General enclosed in Despatch No. 33 of the 12th February which require notice.
3. With respect to the construction of Article 159 of Her Majesty's Order in Council of the 6th March 1869, for the Government of Her Majesty's subjects in China and Japan, I am advised by the Attorney General