CO129-063 - Sir Bowring - 1857 [4-7] — Page 216

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So the Colony ! ~ On the 29th of

notification.

the "the mouth the Proclamation

Houghtong

Govern

Buyer

any of His Excellency Sir John

of the 295

novbe.

1856.

issued to reassure

"Bowring,

· good Citizen,

"" the

and to

" intimidate the idle and

" disorderly, - informed - people, that it

"the same.

the

" is expedient for " protection of the peaceful " citizen against the large

" number of idlers and bad "Characters in this Colony, " that some suplem of ~ " registration be adopted " forthwith, - simply t

"enable the Government

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· good from

" to distinguish the " the evil :" The Registrar "Generalship

was then conferred

a

"upon Mr. Caldwell with "thew to the execution of the

" Measures so announced.

"Errors and defects being

" discovered by him in the " obsolete ordinance of 1846 " at that time having.

"force of law, an amended

"Ordinance.

was directed to

be prepared ;

; and this

" amended Ordinance,

Edinance, after

" much consideration, paord

into a law on the 5th instant,

" nemine Contradicente, and,