CO129-146 - Lieut Governor Whitfield - 1870 [10-12] — Page 285

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"China" and

d the

present

Ordinance is limited in its

application to offenders" not being Bubjects of 't hina .

the

In my Reports expont

former

Ordinance II adverted

to the necessity, which existed.

of adopting Atringent measures

in

order to keep out of the

beling the cast number of Chinese "Criminats and professiona thieves who persistent lif. repeat= their visits from the

Main Land,

the

dangerona

adjoining

and I submitted that

thise

cessity of deporting

Characters Roving

COAMIS~

of 1 april 1867.

187

2366-67.

been recognized by Ordinance

No 9 of 185

the event.

1887 the

277

on a ctment.

providing for thes. Funishment. in the Colony,

if found at large though limited in its operation to Chinese, world probably not considered open to the séjeation.

be

of

contraven

vening

f t au so

I of Article

XIII of the Governor's Instructions .

I omitted howover to state

that this, Governme

ment AANA S

authorized by Heis Grax. the

Duke of Buckingham when Secretary of State for the Colonies to legislate specially,

in respect. of the Punishment of Chinese