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the Trade in

be obtained by the settlement of a Tariff, and the manner of carrying future.

As

it is

with

regards Hongkong,

great

concern

I have to inform your Lordship, that

the most serious

crime of

nature

it

has increased ; and will, I fear, continue to do so until some provision made for checking it by suitable punishment. There are at present confined in the Jail of this Island several persons charged

with

148

with Capital offences, and against whom there is clear evidence of guilt; but not feeling myself authorized to

Sentence of the

award requisite severity, they remain untried.

Besides the cases

of

Homicide and Murder,

to

which I allude, gangs of

Armed

men, landing from

02

the darkest

of

late

Boats nights, have frequently attacked the houses of persons residing in places

little removed

from the populous parts of

the

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the Trade in be obtained by the settlement of a Tariff, and the manner of carrying future. As it is with regards Hongkong, great concern I have to inform your Lordship, that the most serious crime of nature it has increased ; and will, I fear, continue to do so until some provision made for checking it by suitable punishment. There are at present confined in the Jail of this Island several persons charged with 148 with Capital offences, and against whom there is clear evidence of guilt; but not feeling myself authorized to Sentence of the award requisite severity, they remain untried. Besides the cases of Homicide and Murder, to which I allude, gangs of Armed men, landing from 02 the darkest of late Boats nights, have frequently attacked the houses of persons residing in places little removed from the populous parts of the
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the Trade in be obtained by the settlement- of a Tariff, and the manner. of carrying- future_. As it is with regards Hongtrong, great_ concern I have to inform your Lordship, that the most serious crime-of- nature it has increased - ; and will, I fear, continue to do so until some provision made for checking it by suitable punishment _. There are at present confined in the Jail of this Island- several persons charged- with 148 with Capital offences, and ___ against whom there is clear. wvidence of quilt; but not- feeling myself authorized to Sentence of the_ award- requisite severity, they untried. Besides the cases remain Homicide and Murder, of to which I allude, gangs of Armed men, landing prom 02 the darkest of late Boats nights, have frequently attacked the houses of persons residing in places little removed "from the populous parts of the
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the Trade in

be obtained by the settlement- of a Tariff, and the manner. of carrying- future_.

As

it is

with

regards Hongtrong,

great_

concern

I have to inform your Lordship, that

the most serious

crime-of-

nature

it

has increased - ; and will, I fear, continue to do so until some provision made for checking it by suitable punishment _. There are at present confined in the Jail of this Island- several persons charged-

with

148

with Capital offences, and ___ against whom there is clear. wvidence of quilt; but not- feeling myself authorized to

Sentence of the_

award-

requisite severity, they untried.

Besides the cases

remain

Homicide and Murder,

of

to

which I allude, gangs of

Armed

men, landing prom

02

the darkest

of

late

Boats nights, have frequently attacked the houses of persons residing in places

little removed

"from the populous parts of

the

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