m

is always

some bloodshed, and it is better to avoid collisions than to

Suppress

an et

them by force. If drafted

Ave

had

on the same lines

as the Straits Ordinance, which

would only be put in force by Proclamation of the Governor

rin

Conneil, when circumstances rendered it necessary, the knowledge that __

such

A

weapon

could be used

by

the government promptly at any

time would in

my opinion

have

a good effect. It has such effect,

am assured, at the Straits, and

the con

consequence

is that the Governor

there had to deport only

in the course

of a year.

2 or 3 persons I think

also

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also that measures that have been

carefully and deliberately considered before hand are better than those that have to be passed in a great

hurry when the public

and alarmed.

are excited

I would beg also to

C

refor

Lord Carnarvon's despatch of 3rd

to

January, 1878, in which this passage

occurs: -

"The Colony under your~~ "Government has been regarded - " hitherto in this office as a

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per.

se to be dealt with on

place

"principles which might not be

sanctioned elsewhere!"

Circumstances have not altered

much.

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