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if the attention of the British Parliament has been drawn by these papers to what has taken place at thrilling Queties.
"I was not one of the Visiting "I am not responsible for having pacced by these irregularities. I "delicted some ther one of "frankly confess I prefer the prevention of crime and the "reigns of Law to the alumney " system of illegal floggings, brandings and deportings.
Having read those passages in the speech to which you object as well as the context, and having considered your own declaration as to the way you performed your duties as a Visiting Justice of the Gaol, the Governor cannot say that you performed your duties properly. A rebuke is due for calling your attention to the case of Mok adlwai brought before the Legislative Council on the 6th November 1879, as one in which undue leniency has, in your opinion, been shown to a Chinese prisoner; and that as Visiting Justice who rashly brought it forward...