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Justice of this Colony Asing.

in r

case

Kevok

The Chief Justice in that

other things, -

held, among that Ordinance N2 of 1880 did not apply to Treaties of Extradition entered into between Great Britain

this

and China subsequently to the date when it came into operations. If this construction be correct, Government has for ten illegally surrendered Chinese Criminals to their

for Trial. It

AV AS

years

187

and it is satisfactory to find from the Despatch of Carl Himberley o (N = 6% of the 124 June 1871) that His Lordship approves of the immediate action taken by the Government in this matter.

Segned ) J. Paunce fote,

Allorney General, 1th August, 189/5.

(True Copy)

Government

therefore thought

desirable to take the earliest

opportunity of removing any question us to the construation of that Ordinance,

a

J. Gondia Photin Colonial Semiting.