be given to the Police to-
Lise every discretion in taking proceedings under section 6. of the Ordinance.
I have the honour to be, My Lord, Your Lordship's Most Obedient Humble Servant,
I. Heming
Copy of Translation.
Enclosure
Enclosure.
REC? 13804 195 Prc 22 SEP JO
The Chinese Merchants and people of Hongkong respectfully present a joint petition to Lord Knutsford the Right Honourable the Secretary of State for the Colonies. Your humble petitioners beg to state that the merchants and people who sojourn in Hongkong look from afar to the British capital and deferentially regard Your Lordship, who exercises and guides a pacific sway, guides the chair of State with the greatest propriety, whereby your august reputation has reached to distant parts, and the number of people coming under your influence has been enlarged. It is reckoned that there are more Chinese families