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Honourable Colonial Secretary:-
In regard to Sir H. de Sausmarez's letter sub-
section (a) is in my opinion sufficient without Colonial
legislation.
2. I would suggest that in sub-section (c) the
words "if there is no such ship available then" may be omit-
ted. They are taken from Article 83 (7) of the Order in
Council of 1904 but I think they may possibly supply an argu-
ment for other ships refusing to take persons to be deported
on the ground that one of His Majesty's Ships of war is
"available". In any event I submit that the words are un-
desirable.
3. In sub-section (d) it will be desirable to in-
sert at the end the following words:-
"to be recovered summarily before a Magistrate
in Hongkong".
I presume $500 should be substituted for £50 to meet the
local currency.
A blank is left for the officer who fixes
the reasonable remuneration and Sir H. de Sausmarez drews
attention to it. The matter will not be before a Judge here.
I should think it might be done by the C.S.F. It would of
course
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