CO129-113 - MacDonnell - 1866 [5-6] — Page 182

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I

am

very

desirous that

다.

similar

enachment should be comid out along the Chinese Crasts, and believe that this

gradual subjection of the trading vefeels to certain regulations, is the best mode of preparing the way for the divanning

Ordinance which I hope to su wn

established..

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I

am na

eventually

rady to admit also that

there are other improvements possible

in

of

an local Polier and detective arrangurents which so far as the limited aucherity prosessed by the Executive hee

is concurred, may

range

render Priacy and

More

difficult and

the abetting of Prinny hazardous than it has hichuts been. I

- hope howeve that we are on the we

of

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Improvement in these matter, and I

mention them because I

that whilst

aw awaw

"many look to this Government

for a protection in possible to afford actside

its legal jurisdiction, it is nevertheless two that certain improvements

administration are

not

rents in our

internal.

only posible but

this Executive to effect.

are incumbent on

蠱

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It would however be

I of thor

wrong.

lo

suppose that nothing has bun accomplished by the Counts here, for

since January

more

1860

than two prisoners have been brought before the local Magistrates on charges connected with Piracy, of these 75 ward given up to the Chinese Aucheritus and 354 were tried before the Supreme Count, and 154 sentenced. le various punishments teed.