144
No 150 of 12th Dctober, 1877. Frá
Exruaroon approved of
the course
I was pursuing in respect of such smugglers.
10.
The result
the
of enforcing existing Laws of the Colony against the smugglers diminished their complaints and embarrassed then they
oncrations to some extent, as
could no
longer, after quitting the
Harbour at night or leaving without
A.
Clearance paper, make a
complaint against
A
revenue
Cruiser, except at the risk of being punished for violating the laws of
On the other hand,
'the Colony.
15
610
Her Majesty's Consul at Centon reported that, when the Chinese
Authorities berved that the laws
beine
of Stoug/how were strictly and
impartially enforced in this way, shey took extra precautions to
1. prevent
the
revenue Cruiser. from
annoying legitimate traders on the Colony.
violating the waters
F
But the almost entire expation of
complaints by the seative dunk
Marters, and the cultivation of friendly relations between the "Governments of Canton and
Hong Kong, though not undesirable results in themselves, have not