Hong Kong
No 131 -
th October 1877.
Governor
J. Pope Hennessy.
to
The Right Honourable
The Earl of Carnarvon.
Reporting
a
decrease of crime which may be partly due to the putting down of opium smuggling
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Hong Kong
Governor Hennessy.
MINUTE.
No.155
Indexed
Eur.
Mor.
Lucas 24. Nov.
Mi. Pramston. 26 Mer. Malcolm
Mr. Mccade.
* Mor. Herbert. 26
Mr. Lowther.
X Lord Carnarvon Z
27
distruelty veemned
Scr.
29.00-$5
I have the honour to
acknowledge the receipt
of your Despatch No. 101 of the 9th October, relating
on the subject of
Crime in
the
Decrease &
the
colony &
which attribute
to the Suppression
illicit traffic in opium.
2.
I could be glad
to be able to conclude that
this satisfactory change resulted
from this cause; but I feel myself constrained to add that...