of trouble, by thousands of law-
Sew Shinew.
from
buring province.
the
neigh.
It was rumoured during
the recent disturbances that large bodies of Jung hoon and
Yap
were
on their
Sze
way
to the Colony to assist their friends
ht. Some
fearless
strangers
did actually
arrive but how many it is impossible to
say.
But had the disturbances
culminated in a riot I am
convinced that the
preservation
of order would have been ren-
dered more difficult by the arrivals of reinforcements for the rioters from the mainland.
I
therefore am of opinion that power should be given to the Governor under Ordinance 15 of 1890, Part II, during the
continuance
of
a Proclamation
to be
issued under that Ordinance, to prohibit vessels and junks from bringing Chinese passengers through Hong Kong except such as might be passengers from Singapore and the coast ports of China other than Canton, and also to prohibit Chinese passengers from such ports from landing in the
Colony.
(a)
The want of control over
the Chinese Coolie houses in the
Colony. In houses should be licensed and the licensees should be required
in my opinion
to give security for the main-
tenance of good order in their establishments. There is little doubt, I feel sure, that if the coolie house Masters had exerted
themselves
at the commencement