CO129-125 - Sir MacDonnell - 1867 [10-11] — Page 112

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and proceedings of the Chinese residents

ow

land

just

ensures

as

The Junk Ordinance

Jun

similar information in reference to persons and vessels in Colonial waters.

It may be interesting here to give the results of last year's legislation: the number of persons registered Householders (Chinese) and also of Servants in the employment of foreigners.

The total up to the 30th of last month was 59 Householders 3950, Servants 1033.

The Ordinance likewise contained some provisions for enabling the Chinese themselves to organize an auxiliary Police force, similar to that in Government pay.

It gives me much pleasure to state that the Chinese have, within the last few months, at their own expense, organized, and under the immediate surveillance of the Registrar General, a small body of 30 Constables, who have already given proofs of alacrity in detecting and preventing crime.

This is a marked contrast to the former indifference of the Natives. Your Grace cannot but perceive that this small commencement is capable of a very wide and useful extension hereafter.

440.

This seems a suitable place for drawing attention to the Registrar General's returns as to the population of the Colony, which has been the object of the recent legislation described. He furnishes it down at ...

However, to follow the exact output format requested (HTML using

for paragraphs), and to correct and reformat according to the given rules, the corrected version is already provided above. To adhere strictly to the format and further refine it according to the rules:

111

and proceedings of the Chinese residents

ow

land

just

ensures

as

The Junk Ordinance

Jun

similar information in reference to persons and vessels in Colonial waters.

It may be interesting here to give the results of last year's legislation: the number of persons registered Householders (Chinese) and also of Servants in the employment of foreigners.

The total up to the 30th of last month was 59, Householders 3950, Servants 1033.

The Ordinance likewise contained some provisions for enabling the Chinese themselves to organize an auxiliary Police force, similar to that in Government pay.

and it gives me much pleasure to state that the Chinese have, within the last few months, at their own expense, organized, and under the immediate surveillance of the Registrar General, a small body of 30 Constables, who have already given proofs of alacrity in detecting and preventing crime, a most favorable contrast to the former indifference of the Natives.

Your Grace cannot but perceive that this small commencement is capable of a very wide and useful extension hereafter.

440.

This seems a suitable place for drawing attention to the Registrar General's returns as to the population of the Colony, which has been the object of the recent legislation described. He furnishes it down at...

Let's refine the output to better follow the instructions and correct minor issues:

111

and proceedings of the Chinese residents

The Junk Ordinance

similar information in reference to persons and vessels in Colonial waters.

It may be interesting here to give the results of last year's legislation: the number of persons registered as Householders (Chinese) and also of Servants in the employment of foreigners.

The total up to the 30th of last month was: Householders 3950, Servants 1033.

The Ordinance likewise contained some provisions for enabling the Chinese themselves to organize an auxiliary Police force, similar to that in Government pay.

It gives me much pleasure to state that the Chinese have, within the last few months, at their own expense, organized, and under the immediate surveillance of the Registrar General, a small body of 30 Constables, who have already given proofs of alacrity in detecting and preventing crime, a most favorable contrast to the former indifference of the Natives.

Your Grace cannot but perceive that this small commencement is capable of a very wide and useful extension hereafter.

440.

This seems a suitable place for drawing attention to the Registrar General's returns as to the population of the Colony, which has been the object of the recent legislation described. He furnishes it down at...

The non-English text and clearly incorrect OCR outputs (like "ow", "lunk", "vepels", "bedrino", "ono", "m", "co", "dex") have been corrected or omitted where they disrupt the flow of the text or are unintelligible. The text has been reformatted into proper paragraphs and minor corrections have been made for spelling and spacing. The initial incoherent lines ("ow", "land", "just", "ensures", "as", "Jun") are left as is because they are either not coherent or are part of an incomplete sentence, reflecting the original OCR output's issues.

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111 and proceedings of the Chinese residents ow land just ensures as The Junk Ordinance Jun similar information in reference to persons and vessels in Colonial waters. It may be interesting here to give the results of last year's legislation: the number of persons registered Householders (Chinese) and also of Servants in the employment of foreigners. The total up to the 30th of last month was 59 Householders 3950, Servants 1033. The Ordinance likewise contained some provisions for enabling the Chinese themselves to organize an auxiliary Police force, similar to that in Government pay. It gives me much pleasure to state that the Chinese have, within the last few months, at their own expense, organized, and under the immediate surveillance of the Registrar General, a small body of 30 Constables, who have already given proofs of alacrity in detecting and preventing crime. This is a marked contrast to the former indifference of the Natives. Your Grace cannot but perceive that this small commencement is capable of a very wide and useful extension hereafter. 440. This seems a suitable place for drawing attention to the Registrar General's returns as to the population of the Colony, which has been the object of the recent legislation described. He furnishes it down at ... However, to follow the exact output format requested (HTML using for paragraphs), and to correct and reformat according to the given rules, the corrected version is already provided above. To adhere strictly to the format and further refine it according to the rules: 111 and proceedings of the Chinese residents ow land just ensures as The Junk Ordinance Jun similar information in reference to persons and vessels in Colonial waters. It may be interesting here to give the results of last year's legislation: the number of persons registered Householders (Chinese) and also of Servants in the employment of foreigners. The total up to the 30th of last month was 59, Householders 3950, Servants 1033. The Ordinance likewise contained some provisions for enabling the Chinese themselves to organize an auxiliary Police force, similar to that in Government pay. and it gives me much pleasure to state that the Chinese have, within the last few months, at their own expense, organized, and under the immediate surveillance of the Registrar General, a small body of 30 Constables, who have already given proofs of alacrity in detecting and preventing crime, a most favorable contrast to the former indifference of the Natives. Your Grace cannot but perceive that this small commencement is capable of a very wide and useful extension hereafter. 440. This seems a suitable place for drawing attention to the Registrar General's returns as to the population of the Colony, which has been the object of the recent legislation described. He furnishes it down at... Let's refine the output to better follow the instructions and correct minor issues: 111 and proceedings of the Chinese residents The Junk Ordinance similar information in reference to persons and vessels in Colonial waters. It may be interesting here to give the results of last year's legislation: the number of persons registered as Householders (Chinese) and also of Servants in the employment of foreigners. The total up to the 30th of last month was: Householders 3950, Servants 1033. The Ordinance likewise contained some provisions for enabling the Chinese themselves to organize an auxiliary Police force, similar to that in Government pay. It gives me much pleasure to state that the Chinese have, within the last few months, at their own expense, organized, and under the immediate surveillance of the Registrar General, a small body of 30 Constables, who have already given proofs of alacrity in detecting and preventing crime, a most favorable contrast to the former indifference of the Natives. Your Grace cannot but perceive that this small commencement is capable of a very wide and useful extension hereafter. 440. This seems a suitable place for drawing attention to the Registrar General's returns as to the population of the Colony, which has been the object of the recent legislation described. He furnishes it down at... The non-English text and clearly incorrect OCR outputs (like "ow", "lunk", "vepels", "bedrino", "ono", "m", "co", "dex") have been corrected or omitted where they disrupt the flow of the text or are unintelligible. The text has been reformatted into proper paragraphs and minor corrections have been made for spelling and spacing. The initial incoherent lines ("ow", "land", "just", "ensures", "as", "Jun") are left as is because they are either not coherent or are part of an incomplete sentence, reflecting the original OCR output's issues.
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111

and proceedings of the Chinese residents

ow

land

just

ensures

as

The lunk Ordinance

Jun

similar information in reference

to fursons

تر کیسے کرے

and

vepels

in

Colonial waters.

may be interesting here to

Co

give

in

the results of last years legislation the number of persons registered Householders (Chinese) and also of Simonto in the employment of foreigners

The

total up to the 30th of last month was

59.

Householders 3950.

bewants

1033.

The Ordinance likewise contained

some provisions for enabling the Chinese

themselves to organize

auxiliary

Bedrino

organize a Police force

to that in Government pay.

ono 12 to 15.) and it

gives

me

~

much

pleasure to state that the Chinese have

within the last

at their own

few months

organized

and under the

expense

immediate surveillance of the Registrar

General, a small body of 30 Constables, who have already given proofs of alacrity

m

detecting

preventing and dete contrasto most farorality w

crime. that

favoralty with the former

indifference of the Natives. Your Grace

cannot but perceive that this small

capable of a very wide

commencement is

and useful extension hereafter.

440.

This

seems a suitable place for

drawing attention to the Registrar General's

returns

Co

to the population of the Colony

which has been the object of the recent

described. He furts it down at Legiolation described. He

DEX

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