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and which
no one is will.
ing to pay for him.
This
man was
landed
here penniless from the Messageries Maritimes steam ship" "Laos, the master of which would probably have been proceeded against- under section 22 of the
Vagrancy
Ordinance but
des
for the receipt of your patch under acknowledg-
ment.
4.
I should be glad
to hear that, with the explan ation of the Attorney General
the case as
and the facts of the related in the last para- graph before you,
no chan is deemed necessary in
ge
far
as
the existing law which, so I am aware, meets opposition from
community
with no
the mercantile con
ot an
of Hongkong and is in no way likely to inflict injury
on
British commer.
ce or seamen.
to
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