them off 6 Penang. I see pendant marked in Hongkong articles referring to attack in daily Press of yours, thereto in daily Press.
Mailing Sentinel (London, Oct. 7) will reprimand Mr. Justice Russell, for not acting under Ord. 9 of 1887, receives a reprimand from acting under earlier Ord specified. I notice this in the D. Press & also in the Daily Press articles. But the portent also raises the serious question how far the Po Leung Kuk should be allowed to arrest persons without warrant " and how far the work of that nature now performed by the Dept. ought to full Dept.
The question of In Reg. General's "Home" about wa Justice, over to their fate as the slaves of To Ng. The we asked in par. 3 of desp. On 10527/5 is also mentioned in the Judgment, Mr. Russell discussed in the D.P. answering This desp., refer to the Court for a writ of habeas corpus to compel those gentlemen to produce the girls in Court, that they might be delivered by the Court, in the name of hearing took place on Sept. 28th last, before a full court, when all the arguments which could be devised on behalf of the claim of To Ng to her slaves were urged upon the Court.
The girls were severally examined, and by their sad stories confirmed the accounts we have often heard of the horrible details of this traffic in bodies and souls. The first girl called was Ho Ayuk, who was 19 years old. She understood that her mother had sold her for 250 dollars, and that she was being taken to Singapore against her will. The next called was Po Mei, a younger sister of Ho Ayuk. Her price is not mentioned in the report though she knew she had been sold to be shipped to some foreign port, but to what port she did not know. She was followed in the witness box by Lo Ho Choy, who was 18 years old, said Ng a of hers, and was carrying her off to some foreign port. Her mother, when she sold her, told her she had fetched 400 dollars. Mei Yok, aged 16 years, and her younger sister, Mei Tsai, whose age is not reported, said they understood they were being shipped to Singapore, but they did not want to go. Another little girl, who was only 13 years old, said To Ng had bought her for 170 dollars to take her to some foreign port. That was all the child-slave knew, and her one piteous cry seems to have been "Take me back to my sister."
Sec. of State while pleased to note the zeal displayed by Lockhart & the energetic steps taken by the P. Leung Kuk Soc? desires to impress upon the Reg. Gen. the necessity of acting within the Law (as might have been trespass in this case) sacrificing the interests of the girls); and ask with refer to par. 3 of desp. MLA 10527, again urging that steps be taken to assist in providing a Home; and for preventing regular organized measures this kind of traffic from Waytay generally & not only in isolated cases.
Annex and copy Ord. 9 of 1887 with the papers in 1057/67. 5.W.3.9/12 I now annex also Ord. 2 of 1875.
This curious print the Sentinel has a singular faith in the form of a Sa. of State's fen "Old" custom over Chinese. I warned Take no notice of the Daily Press Article, would W. Lockhart's zeal probably saved the girls- Mail Steamers to get wait for the law to be set in motion to kenlys this prompt action hard bun, the shame for men very likely han failed.
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