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These notices, the manll ones, and their requirement aj is it not the duty of the Senior Inspector to explain to the person, the Chinese, I am speaking of new leaving out Europeans, if a notice is left there, to thoroughly explain what is required to be done ? It is the duty of both to explain, through his

Interpreter.

Dont you think that a large number of prosecutions 157421 against Chinese have been caused by their not knowing what is required of them ?

I dont think so, No. Because they are never pruesqused

on this small memorandum, unless 19 is a thing fur which they dont want to be told they are doing wros

like the depositing of night soil in a drain or y=96 1 dont think a man should expect to have a legal notice

for that.

Then do you think that all the chinese who have bam 15412 prosecuted for breaches er offences of that nature, have really been aware of what they have been called upen to do ↑ I am not saying legally smiled upon te because if it is there in Maglish, they are responsib

It is in Chinese alas,

Do you think that they have been amaro ef, and thoroughly understood, these notices ↑ Dent you think the prosecutions may have taken place against people who were really willing to conform to the law, if they

had really know what to do ↑

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I can only answer that before I went on leave, before this ordinance ma passed, -

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The Amending Ordinanse, are you speaking of ? Before that in 1903 was passed, people were bot prosecuted, until they found out what was to be requires

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