8.
q
141
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as
of
natural lindency of Commercial progress, is well shown, by the following extract from speech of Mr. Hart chief Commissioner Chinese Maritime Customs at a meeting of the Royal Asiatic Society's Branch in
Shanghai
on
the 13th ultimo "Hoe.
"instanced the opening of the Coasting trade
"ti
foreign shipping which had thrown
"Numbers of Native Cr
and the crime of piracy, they have already
been considered under the remarks I have
made above.
But it cannot be denied that a formidable number of them are notoriously disreputable: All we can do however is to punish them when detected in Criminal
We cannot by law proceed
Acts;
I out of Employment
& against
craft
" and produced much distress and probably
crime amongst the seafaring population"
This, I think amounts to
further absolution of Honghing
A
Nexch as to the native population Shore, I do not see how they come within the scope of Adminal Küper's complaint, for if they
are connected with native bessels
them s
disreputable. " their landing
solely
because they
are
nor can we in practice prevent
on our island.
with In a casual conversation at a
recent meeting of the Executive Council the increase of Crimes with Violence such
highway robbery and burglary by armed men was noticed, and I consulted Mr Ball, then Attorney General on the advisability of
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