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and Police Regulations of Hong Kong, and Soho Dist find that they corroborate She alleged practice.

An Ordinance exists

(2010 of 1844) under the

Authority of thick. (Amare Offenders may be punished in the fotong exccording to the usages of Chima,

hot there is no daw

insisting supon Sectons of that nation canying

a Cantoru after. certain hour at night

in the streets on that

they

should be provided

their

with a certificate from horopean Employer. If

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any such succantion alguned it must be in virted of some police

not registations. gist commmicated 1⁄2 this office. This of

course well-known that Eitherts from the character of the people

recating from the Main . Land & Hong Kong stringent Justice measines have been mavoidable, But the following passage extracted from

a

despatite of Sin J Davis

dated the 15th April 1846 April 1845 seems & midicate that

public confidence is the result of these

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