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havivir on this

Any argument, Lrocver

home would have

have been micrfluous

as Mit Waya, although

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coidenty, at an early stage of the precedings of yesterday, of Minim this

Jokere

I

frobable cauce for believing

Prisour had commitàd an

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China,

offence against the land " within the meaning of that term as found in Ralinance /3287 1850, and,

that that didinance not only gave him jurisdiction to proceed but, muder the circumstances rendered it imperative on him to do 20.

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is this.

the matter therefre

The remit of the

The prisoner standis commuted

to abide the further order of ofis Excellency and I presume the

documents will is day be forwarded

be

you,

in order that the

of lack before the dieting

May

Reting Governor. Although I am fully impressed with the notion that there is no

my

very

creaped

point in this case which has es

attention. I having han the vallabic ausis truec Smith the Reding Registrar General in making muself acquainted with facts I should wish, before makiy the report called for by your previous letter to have all the

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papers inbuitel

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