CO129-013 - Sir John Davis - 1845 [8-12] — Page 243

no

• satisfactory account of himself, I

directed that he should be taken over

in custody of.

to the Chinese authorities; while the_

swr nn

people and delivered

to

Leize

him without an

rachly

English-

in

emissaries who had so

warrant expiated. their offence

ventured

240

While

upon

this

topie,

I have

grent satisfaction in forwarding the. Copy Letter from the acting thief Magistrate,

Sofa

in... explanation

of the decrease of

crime

My attention had been excited... by the..

considerable diminution in the amount

of Police - fines during and, on desiring

an

the two last

last quarters,

explanation of this,

So

the

the enclosed letter was received-.

prison.

fand,

A

Strong

remonstrance was at

officer

the same time sent to the Chinese-

the other side, and a

notice

benefits of

seems to

prove

the ben

Registration system, and the efficiency

the preventive Police__ The severe_

to

of

examples

-published_ in the native language the inhabitants of the Colony,

of the Colony, authorizing them to make prisoners of any emillaries of the Chinese Government_ who presumed to act on this side without British authority. This is

is of

course

abrolutely necessary, in order to give security to respectable natives of China_ who live here under British protection)

White

that were made

of

Lome

atrocious criminals were also attended-

with a wholesome effect wholesome-effect.

On the restoration of Chusan

I consider it extremely probable that 3 some of the respectable- fhinese who___

have thriven there under British rule will be tempted to

to remove

to