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to legislate upon
the
2 the
question. By Section
jurisdiction of the Legislature in
. Hong Kong is
expressly extended to British
ships at sea.
A
question has been raised
whether power to make regulations
as to
or
conditions with respect to a trade could in
case extend to prohibition. No such
any
difficulty arises here, because the trade in
question is not the carrying of indentured
coolies, but the carrying of Chinese
passengers
Treas.
and to require that they should not be
indentured
is not
a prohibition of
that trade.
(c)