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Triads which has just been brought to light.
I have the honour to be,
My Lord, Your Lordship's Most Obedient
Humble Servant,
Marsh
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Translation.
Enclosure!
C. O. 14004
RECR
REGE 9 AUG 26.
594
His Excellency M. H. Marsh, C.M.G., Acting Governor of Hongkong, issues a proclamation.
Whereas it has come to my Knowledge that the members of the Triad Society in this Colony are very numerous, that they form conspiracies, interfere with and injure the people in divers ways, and, in fine, engage in all kinds of unlawful proceedings, to the prejudice of the public welfare;
Now, therefore, I have decided that seven of the ringleaders of this Society, whose names are hereunto appended, shall be forthwith deported beyond the limits of the territory under my jurisdiction, and shall not be suffered to return to Hongkong without my sanction.
Should they presume so far as to clandestinely revisit these shores, it will