much since this despatch written. The resident Chinese
was
may be relied on as law generally
abiding, it being their interest to be so. But there is a
very large
hardly
number of Chinese who can
be considered as residents attached
to the Colony by any daily wages, in
their daily
very
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power of putting it in forec at any time might be made subject to m obtaining previously the sanction of the Secretary of State by telegraph"; though in my opinion it would be better to entrust the responsibility to the Governor, who is on the spot and better able to judge of the necessity
other tie than
many
easts
for doing
go
small. These men come and
between Hongkong and China and,
out to themselvez
with nothing to lose, hold, a prospect
of plunder in case
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of any
disturbances.
If His Excellency shares my Ordinance might be
such an
sent home for approval before being brought before Council, and the
power
40.
It is true that Hongkong
is perfectly, tranquil
now and that
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there are no indications of trouble. But so it was before the riots of last
Cotober, and before the riots in Canton
which only
in the previous year, became serious from the fact that they were wholly unexpected and
that