DOMESTIC.
222
Office or Individual.
Hong Kong No 7316
(Subject.)
17 MAY 1880
reign office Extradition between Hong Kong & Macao.
Date.
With
1890 May 15
Last previous Paper.
Copy Gov't letter of 7 June 1880 No. 17.
22 June
May 26
reference to Gov't letter of 23 Jan'y 1879 inclosing Portuguese Foreign Minister's acceding to proposal that forms of Hong Kong & Macao should be empowered to surrender criminals.
(Minutes.)
Eur. Amag. 20-
It is provided that.
I do not understand how parties murderers from Hong Kong to escape are not.
Mr. 2445
No, the extradition has hitherto been slipped because of the difficulty in capital cases; & our list of Extradition misdemeanours, is the Portuguese Government not sign a treaty.
Now are we to waive the treaty, the Portuguese Gov't will refuse to give up a murderer unless some promise not to hang him.
Juomine
This, we have instructed Gov't to prevent giving in the Munden will escape but other criminals will be extradited.
A trumped up diplomacy
Procure as requested of Gov't.
(6 paras. 180-HK 8727)
R27
Id. 21/5 Report any 26