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give up Portuguese Military

- guess Military or Naval

deserters from that place except by

paping

to do

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to such.

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Ordinance empavering me?

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reasonable objection.

It might be made,

cause).

if expedient,

an

Ordinance of an experimental

nature and to last for arly

years,

19.

two →

to be shen renewed if desirable.

Of course, if Your Gra

if (four Grace be advind)

itat all this

transmission

cart

to

be effected by the

me.

- of instructions,

ao

the

-

Acting Attorney General, recommends, such Vite Inclone

-solution of the difficulligo

would be

adusirable if it be also legally adequate.

The latter, havever, is a point which

Grace must decide.

must decide. Zam

Move Grace

clear

thing, riz:

an aw

that

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of Policy, especially

since itse

of deserters has created some

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non rendition

soreness,

and has attacked the attention of

she

Macao Aushorities to the general question,

it is not expedient to leave itiese matters unsettled state. Wheiter

in their present

by instructions, order in Comcil, Treaty, Ordinance, Fapprehend that the mutual rendition of criminals and diserters should

The most extinded? be now arranged:

Av

and liberal basis, without referenced to

any

treaties existing with China, and cassidering solely the interests of justice and of this Colony,

Rechod

I have the honor to be,

My Ford Aukle, Gon Grace's meet obedient humble amant

hard James Mandonnelly

Governor