them off to Penang. (See pendent Press of yout, marked in Athey

Dail

tarticles referring thereto in daily press

ao attakh

11 Oct.

ntinel

*

Lunden, der

Int.

M. Lockhart, the Reg. gen., receives a

will see

shigh reprimand gen Justice Russell, for not

the Ord. 9 of 1887, 9/18871

from acting under

Earlier Ord specific,

I both newspaper articles notice this

point.

But this

in the D. Prem

also raises then

serious question how for the So Loung kunk should be allowed to arresti

валодал persons without warrant." _ and how far the a work of that nature now performed

In Reg. Jeneral's by the fox ? ought to full Dep..

The question of

this "Have" about which

we asked in par. 3 of desp. on 10527/57 is also mentioned in the Judgment sch M. Russell & discussed in the D. P. of 8 Oct.

to this

? In answering

this desp., refer that Lec. of State while fleased note the zeal displayed By Lockhart

Case, day

The

I the good mergetic steps taken by Po Leung Kuk Soc?" desires to impress upon the Reg. Jen. this as necessit sobrieng

within the Law (which in this case acting

Done without might afferents have done

sacrificing

and

the interests of the girls); an

"The Sentinel

“ይ

i

and with refer to par: 3 of desp.

on

10527, again urging that steps be

Faken to assist in

froviding

Home;

avid

urge

the conson

Rescue

F

regular azanized measures for Preventin

this kind of traffic from Waytay

generally & not only

chable

Annex Ad

in isolated cases.

5.W.3.8/12

277527197.

Ma.is

Ord. 971887

I now annex.

9.

12

479

is with the papers in 10527/67

also Ord. 2of 1875

5.W.2.9/12

The result of the application has been to establish

(1) That a slave-traffic of the most terrible kind amongst young Chinese girls is going on.

(2) That the transmarine traffic proceeds by way of Hong Kong. (3) That the Supreme Court there will

enquire into the character of all persons having tinit has a Sinjalar

charge of Chinese girls found on board ships in the port of Hong Kong, if the girls are seized and detained. (4) That if the relationship of slavery or

of procured and procures exists between a girl and late's un

the person having charge of her, the Court will take the girl from the control of the owner or procuress, and provide for her subsequent safety.

It is now certain that the Government at Hong Kong will receive the support of the Courts of Law if it takes into its hands the suppression of this terrible traffic. This work ought not to be left to the exertion of a philanthropic body, even

it

over Chinese

Shough is the Daily Prep

be the excellent Tung Wah. The Government ought to energetically stamp the traffic out. If Sir Henry Holland would send a telegram to the Hong Kong Governor directing him to take care that no would be practically stopped. Sir Henry Holland as the Head of the Colonial office has already done excellent service on behalf of humanity. We point

girl-slave is shipped from his Colony, the traffic aved the

out to him an opportunity of doing still greater

service by striking out of existence a horrible slave- trade, which he may do with a stroke of his pen. His willingness to hearken to such suggestions as this which we now make has been demonstrated in the past, and inspires us with the hope that we shall not have made it in vain.

Artish,

Girls-

Mail

hack in motion z

Fakey.

porner very likely han Lailed – Ingen as & the Lalary

M.g. 12 Recent Ben 10

on the shame

apee as to the Salary - I think it beller.

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