CO129-058 - Sir Bowring - 1856 [8-10] — Page 346

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placed

L-

one which

to Caumar

to the whole

of the British Colonies. Each of them now has

to deal with it's own

Criminals; and I dregret

that I cannot relieve

you from this necessity,

hit that it Incest rest

with you

Government

to find the best means

of punishing

on the spot

persons convicted in

the Courts of Hong Kong. The fact to which de

Mercer alludes in his

Minute that a proportion

of these may

be

Offenders

Offenders of a piratical

character, would not

enable me to submit

a proposal to Parliament for changing the people of this Country with the expenses of

punishment.

Their

It will be a

question for the discretion

of yourself and

your

Advisers whether the

place called Middle Island shall be made available as a place for the confinement of

Criminals sentenced to

imprisonment, but the

requisite

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344 placed L- one which to Caumar to the whole of the British Colonies. Each of them now has to deal with it's own Criminals; and I dregret that I cannot relieve you from this necessity, hit that it Incest rest with you Government to find the best means of punishing on the spot persons convicted in the Courts of Hong Kong. The fact to which de Mercer alludes in his Minute that a proportion of these may be Offenders Offenders of a piratical character, would not enable me to submit a proposal to Parliament for changing the people of this Country with the expenses of punishment. Their It will be a question for the discretion of yourself and your Advisers whether the place called Middle Island shall be made available as a place for the confinement of Criminals sentenced to imprisonment, but the requisite
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344 placed L- one which to Caumar to the whole of the British Colonies. Each of them now has to deal with it's own Criminals; and Idregres that I cannot relieve you from this necessity, hit that it Incest rest with you Government to find the best means of punishing on the spol persons cauicted in the Courts of stong Kong. The fact to which de Mercer alludes in his Minute that a proportion of these on ay be Offenders Offenders of a piratical charactes, would not luable me to submit a proposal to Parliament for changing the people of this Country with the expenses of punis ment. their It will be a queation for the discretion of yourself and you Advisers whether the place called Middle Island shall be made Available as a place for the confinement of Carrots sentenced to imprisonment, but the requirate
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344

placed

L-

one which

to Caumar

to the whole

of the British Colonies. Each of them now has

to deal with it's own

Criminals; and Idregres

that I cannot relieve

you from this necessity,

hit that it Incest rest

with you

Government

to find the best means

of punishing

on the spol

persons cauicted in

the Courts of stong Kong. The fact to which de

Mercer alludes in his

Minute that a proportion

of these on ay

be

Offenders

Offenders of a piratical

charactes, would not

luable me to submit

a proposal to Parliament for changing the people of this Country with the expenses of

punis ment.

their

It will be a

queation for the discretion

of yourself and

you

Advisers whether the

place called Middle Island shall be made Available as a place for the confinement of

Carrots sentenced to

imprisonment, but the

requirate

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