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a
dangerous character. His name
will be found referred to at pages 41, 86, 193,
of the evidence taken at the
40,1 of recent Police
other persons
rs
enquiry. Like some
in the Colony also well known to the Police, he has
Kept himself, until now, out of the meshes of the law, but there is the strongest reason to believe that he has been a directing spirit amongst the Criminal
Classes.
4.
With the unanimous
approval of the Executive Council
I have banished this
man
for
five years. The sentence of the
Magistrate was fine;
fine, or imprisonment;
in default of payment. The fine
was at once
paid, and he was very much astonished to find that he had to leave the Colony immediately
afterwards.
Several of the respectable
and wealthy Chinese have
greatly
expressed privately, their satisfaction that this dangerous character has been banished,
and I am assured that the
Feeling