ENCLOSURE
2
ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE,
24th October 1899.
C.O. 329/71
RECR
A 200
Red 20 NOV 19
Hong Kong 24 October 1899.
Report on Ordinance 27 of 1899.
I have examined the accompanying Ordinance, entitled
An Ordinance to amend the Vagrancy Ordinance, 1897.
and I am of opinion that the Ordinance is one which is not contrary to the
Colonial Office. Dispatch 1360
Recd. 334
Governor's Instructions.
Objects and Reasons
This Ordinance has been framed in accordance with instructions which have been received from the
Secretary of State for the Colonies in Dispatch 129 of 1899, consequent upon certain representations which were made to him by the Board of Trade.