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legislation
were deemed neces.
sary.
3.
I also forward copies
Endl. 3.
a Attorney Thagany.
1896.
of two minutes by the Attorney General dated respectively 16th January 1896 and 4th April, 1896, Eudith
End. 4. 4th April 1896.
letter Endl. 5.
on the subject of the draft ~ bill, and a copy of a letter dated 14th March, 1896, from the Honorary Secretary of the Hong.
Kong
branch of the China As- sociation to whom the draft
an ex
Bill was referred for pression of the views of
that
14th March
1896. with 4 sub enclosure
that Body legislation.
4.
5
523
on the proposed ~
It will be seen from
the various enclosures to this
despatch that there is a strong
Consensus.
of opinion that
the effect of the proposed - legislation would be decided ly prejudicial to the interests of British Shipping in the- Far East while it is by
но
means certain that it would
secure the
objects
at which it
aimo viz. the greater health
and