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succession _ to immoveable - property, and - whatever regards the alienation. of it, should be regulated by English and not- by

Chinese. Lawrs."

deskto

Thirdly, As to Laws derogatory to the-

Sovereignty of Her Majesty

The Despatch. Nd enjoins that

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even with regard to the. Chinese-inhabitants

recognized - which -

no rule or

Law-can be

would - derogate - from the Queen's Soversighty over the Island". This was the occasion-

of

the clause-

being.

inserted in Ordinance No 15,

but the description of Her Majesty as only "Queen of England " oversight.

was

certainly

an-

Fourthly, As to the infliction of Chinese-

punishments.

In Despatch . Nr. 8 it is observed

that

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that in

Hongkong

it will be

necessary

that for the Government of the Chinese-

reciding

there the Laws and customs

of

China should. supersede the Laws and -

of England." The Chief Justice.

Customs

obzerves, "The power to punish Chineee aconding

their own laws for offences

to

committed in

Hongkong, had always

previously evicted and been acted-upon in the Magisterial department, and the Legislative founeil deemed it advisable to invect the Supreme fourt with this power. -

It is

is

one however

r neven.

and the

by the fourt and

likely to be exercised - I therefore better.

expunged -- in which it might be Chinese- punishment

- perhaps in which it

The only ease perhaps

expedient to inflict a would be in the case

of female offenders

sentenced to imprisonment, but who cannot like the male prisoners be put - to hard labour. Here the application of the langue

or Wooden

Collar