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It appears to me that the papers show that the practice has been to obtain from the Chinese Authorities an assurance that the prisoners will not be subjected to torture, as a condition of the rendition, and that the Chinese Authorities have given such assurance in the present case.
That being, in my opinion, a proper condition for rendition, I do not think there is enough in the Consul's letter to warrant the Governor in refusing to give effect to this treaty in the present instance.
But inasmuch as it appears from the