MINUTE BY THE CAPTAIN SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE.
I have the honour to report that on deportation, or receipt of a Conditional Pardon, the ex-prisoner was allowed to go where he pleased, and that if he selected Australia, Singapore, Shanghai or The Coast Ports, he was seen on board the vessel bound thereto by a Constable.
If a man who had been deported had returned to the Colony for the purpose of emigration and had been seen by a Constable, it would have been the duty of that Constable to have arrested him, and I think he would have done so, for there was a standing reward of $5 for the arrest of any such man;
I can recall no case where it has been made known to me that a deported man had been seen on board a vessel and allowed to leave unarrested, because he was emigrating.
22nd October, 1879.
(Signed) W. M. DEANE,
Captain Superintendent of Police.
I have applied to His Excellency the Governor for the original comment, as shown by the following letter; but have not received it.
Victoria Hong Kong, 18th Oct. 1880.
I should be obliged by the dormant minute of 2nd May and letter 2261 of the 10th Oct. 1880 applying for the document in order that I might carry out His Excellency's instructions as conveyed to me on the Secretary of State's letter 2273 of 1880.
Her Majesty's Command is not yet received on the comment in question and the report called for is consequently delayed.
Gazette 1800 (8:501) concerning deportation is recorded on 22nd Oct. 1879 (2827/19), so that I may carry out His Excellency's instructions on the Secretary of State's Despatch 2051 of 1880.
MR. Denn's Grtbah.
The following Government Order is communicated for his information and guidance:
Government Order.
His Excellency the Governor's letter 20261 of 18th Oct. 1880 from the Captain Superintendent of Police is communicated for his information and guidance.
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