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cause him to be informed that after careful
consideration I have not thought it desirable
to advise Her Majesty to disallow the
Ordinance.
3.
I have been led to this conclusion,
because I am of opinion, that, while
the powers given by the Ordinance are
capable of leading to abuse, they may, on
the other hand if carefully administered
be of great benefit to the Chinese community:
and I am glad to notice from Mr
Lockhart's memorandum of 15th January last
that his Department has acted with fairness
and consideration.
4.
At the same time I am of opinion
that the operation of the Ordinance should
continue to be carefully watched by you and
have to instruct you that the Ordinance
should not be allowed to remain in operation
beyond the period of two years, prescribed
by
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