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their names and places of
business at the Central Police
Station, and shall take out
Licences. They
are also to be
compelled to make a monthly
declaration to the Police
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of
the
imported or bought by
them, and power is conferred(?)
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the Governor in Council, whenever
it becomes necessary
to put in
force the Arms Preservation Act,
to order the removal to a Central
Store
of
all arms in the
possession
of importers or dealers, with a
view
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view to their safe keeping and
custody
11.
I beg to submit this
for
the consideration
Draft Bill and approval of
Her Majesty's
Government, and would venture
to ask for early instructions, by telegraph, if possible. We have
in our midst, as
already
I have
stated in previous
despatches, a large criminal population many of whom belong rather to the neighbouring province
of China than to Hongkong.
They
However, to follow the exact instructions given and to correct the text according to the rules:16
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their names and places of business at the Central Police Station, and shall take out Licences. They are also to be compelled to make a monthly declaration to the Police of the arms imported or bought by them, and power is conferred on the Governor in Council, whenever it becomes necessary to put in force the Arms Preservation Act, to order the removal to a Central Store of all arms in the possession of importers or dealers, with a view to their safe keeping and custody.
11.
I beg to submit this Draft Bill for the consideration and approval of Her Majesty's Government, and would venture to ask for early instructions, by telegraph, if possible. We have in our midst, as already I have stated in previous despatches, a large criminal population many of whom belong rather to the neighbouring province of China than to Hongkong.
They
The final version should be in HTML as instructed, with corrections made according to the rules:16
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their names and places of business at the Central Police Station, and shall take out Licences. They are also to be compelled to make a monthly declaration to the Police of the arms imported or bought by them, and power is conferred on the Governor in Council, whenever it becomes necessary to put in force the Arms Preservation Act, to order the removal to a Central Store of all arms in the possession of importers or dealers, with a view to their safe keeping and custody.
11.
I beg to submit this Draft Bill for the consideration and approval of Her Majesty's Government, and would venture to ask for early instructions, by telegraph, if possible. We have in our midst, as already I have stated in previous despatches, a large criminal population many of whom belong rather to the neighbouring province of China than to Hongkong.
They