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"that flogging in private had both "these characteristics whilst it was "largely wanting in the deterrent "element addressed to the eyes of "the lowest brutes in society which,
to
me,
had sun it's chief if
not
"it's only recommendation. I rarely
"sentenced men
to be privately
"flogged, but I soon became
convinced, as
I
now am that
"although the Ordinance might "well remain unrepealed, it should
be had recourse to, only in very. "exceptional cases, and that with
rare execptions flogging moy
• avoided altogether.
be
"4¢ The Report of Mr Jonnochy the
"Superintendent of the Gaol is,
" (especially para: 4) to
my
mind
"the best answer to all objections to the reforms which His Excellency the Governor has introduced."
10. For nine months past I have not
sanctioned
single
case of flogging,
a
and
life and property have never been so
Hongkong as at this mormint.
to
Schary secure in Menn tre Fast Crime has been reduced
and whilst this has been
minimum
9802
done, the Chinese population of
the
Colony has largely increased, and the the Kwanting
Province has never been so great.
influx of Chinese
prom