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ee on
influence
effect, a
on trade, have had the
consequence,
as a natural
of throwing out of employment
a
large
number Chinese
of
Coolies resident in this island.
measures
elboreover, the energetic adopted of late against the disorderly members of their population by the eAuthorities at Canton, odmoy, Forchow, and~- other neighbouring cities of China, have caused a fresh and large influx of the criminal classes
HongKong, which, as I and previous
into
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:- previous Governors have
reported, has always
an Alsatia
often
served as
for the lawless of
The mainland. It cannot be denied that thieves and sturdy beggars now swarm in this - Colony. There have been of late
several cases
a res
of burglary with
violence, and also the murder of respectable Indian shopkeeper, -named Rehemally, under
very
atrocious circumstances. The
are active and intelligent;
Volice
many arrests have been made,
and