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was hereupon requested, in a letter dated the 11th July 1846, to ship the Indian Convicts to Singapore and the Chinese Convict to Scinde.

I was subsequently informed that it was deemed inexpedient to convert Scinde into a Penal Settlement, and in November 1846 the previous order of July was countermanded so far as the shipment of Convicts to that Province was concerned.

A party of Convicts had, however, in the mean time been shipped from Hongkong to Bombay, and they were sent on to Scinde as originally arranged.

On receiving the order of November 1846 countermanding the dispatch of Chinese Convicts to Scinde, the Colonial Government requested that the alternative of sending the convicts to the Tenasserim Provinces might be permitted, and it was at the same time represented that it had been found impossible to substitute any secondary punishment in lieu of transportation that

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10 was hereupon requested, in a letter dated the 11th July 1846, to ship the Indian Convicts to Singapore and the Chinese Convict to Scinde. I was subsequently informed that it was deemed inexpedient to convert Scinde into a Penal Settlement, and in November 1846 the previous order of July was countermanded so far as the shipment of Convicts to that Province was concerned. A party of Convicts had, however, in the mean time been shipped from Hongkong to Bombay, and they were sent on to Scinde as originally arranged. On receiving the order of November 1846 countermanding the dispatch of Chinese Convicts to Scinde, the Colonial Government requested that the alternative of sending the convicts to the Tenasserim Provinces might be permitted, and it was at the same time represented that it had been found impossible to substitute any secondary punishment in lieu of transportation that

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10 was hereupon requested, in a letter dated the 11th July 15416, to ship the Indian Convects to Singapore and the Chinese Convict to Scinde . f. Iwas subsequently deemed inexpedient to Convert Scinde into a Penal Settlement, and in November 1846 the previous order of July counterman ded so wvas far as the Shipment of Convicts to that Province A party of Convicts had Province was Conarned. "owever in the mean time been shipped from Hongkong to Bombay, And $ they were 352 sent on le Scinde as originally arranged. 9 n On receiving the Order of November 1846 Countermanding the dispatch of Chinese Convicts to Scinde, the Colonial Government requested that the alternative of sending the convicts to the Tenasserim Provinces might be permitted, And it was at the same time represented that it had been found impossible to substitute Any Secondary punishment in liew of transportation that

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was

hereupon requested, in a

letter dated the 11th July 15416,

to ship the Indian Convects to

Singapore

and the Chinese

Convict to Scinde .

Iwas subsequently

deemed inexpedient to Convert

Scinde into a Penal Settlement,

and in November 1846 the

order of July

counterman ded so

wvas

far as the

Shipment of Convicts to that

Province A party of Convicts had

Province was Conarned.

"owever in the mean time

been shipped from Hongkong

to Bombay,

And

they were

352

sent on le Scinde as originally

arranged.

On receiving the

Order

of November 1846 Countermanding the dispatch of Chinese Convicts to Scinde, the Colonial Government requested that the alternative of sending the convicts to the Tenasserim

Provinces might be permitted,

And it

was at

the

same time

represented that it had been found impossible to substitute Any Secondary punishment in liew of transportation that

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