10
472
13
because, apparently, the proof
was not regarded
offered
eufficient.
و
امه
On turning to the
local law which
dour
governs
action in these cases, Ordinance
2 of 1857, ( with the declaratory Ordinance N. 2 of 1871), I find far
that it seems to meet as | as possible, the Chinese view of the position. The ast for which a fugitive may be
surrendered to the Chinese
Authorities or (if I may be
allowed
This
wouldhave ecurepeated, r the Draft
File y 1875
allowed the term) extradited, is, by section 1, described as any
one which constituted
By
a Crime
offence against the laws of
China, a description which as being without qualification
scarcely to justify,
would seem
- from a Chinese point of view, "the limitation of the Privy- Cornsil; and by Section 3 it is the duty of the Magistrate to commit a prisoner to await the order of the Governor if at "the close of the investigation
it.