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Superintendent, notoria Gol to Col. Secretary
Gaol Reperintendent's Office,
Hongkong, N." December 1889.
Colonial Secretary,
With reference to C.C. Despatch N. 216 and correspondence, herewith returned I beg to report: Under Ordinance No 2 of 1878
prison punishments awarded by the Gaol Superintendent, or by him in conjunction with a Visiting Justice, could be carried out even if it entailed the
a Prisoner beyond
Detention
of the term think
of imprisonment awarded by the Courts . This I think was an unusual Magisterial power
given