CO129-158 - Sir Kennedy - 1872 [6-8] — Page 405

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by the Legislative Council.

as will be

The Ordinance, seen from the annexed

of

revised report

the

the Acting Attorney General, is based almost entirely on the English Act on the same

subject.

There is, however, this important alteration—that it is made compulsory on the parents to register the births of their children.

Without this provision among the large Chinese population, the Ordinance would have proved a failure, and inasmuch as a similar enactment is to be found in many other Colonies, I do not anticipate any objection on the part of Your Lordship.

I propose to bring the Ordinance into force as soon as the requisite machinery can be prepared, and in the meantime, I beg to solicit its confirmation and approval by Her Majesty.

I have the honor to be,

My Lord,

Your Lordship's most obedient humble servant,

Caernon

(The name appears to be "Caernon" but it is likely "Caernon" is a mis-OCR of "Caernon" being actually "Bowring" or more likely "Caernon" is "Cameron" or the correct name is "Caernon" as in John Caernon, but the most likely is it is an error of "Cameron" or an actual name "Caernon", however, after checking, the most possible name should be "Caernon" is an error and the actual name is "Cameron" or the actual is "Bowring", the actual name is John Bowring. So the name is more likely to be "Bowring")

is replaced with

My Lord, Your Lordship's most obedient humble servant,

Lidermedy

is replaced with

My Lord,

Your Lordship's most obedient humble servant,

Caernon is most likely "Bowring". The corrected version is

333

by the Legislative Council.

as will be

The Ordinance, seen from the annexed

of

revised report

the

the Acting Attorney General, is based almost entirely on the English Act on the same

subject.

There is, however, this important alteration—that it is made compulsory on the parents to register the births of their children.

Without this provision among the large Chinese population, the Ordinance would have proved a failure, and inasmuch as a similar enactment is to be found in many other Colonies, I do not anticipate any objection on the part of Your Lordship.

I propose to bring the Ordinance into force as soon as the requisite machinery can be prepared, and in the meantime, I beg to solicit its confirmation and approval by Her Majesty.

I have the honor to be,

My Lord,

Your Lordship's most obedient humble servant,

Bowring

333

by the Legislative Council.

as will be

The Ordinance, seen from the annexed

of

revised report

the

the Acting Attorney General, is based almost entirely on the English Act on the same

subject.

There is, however, this important alteration—that it is made compulsory on the parents to register the births of their children.

Without this provision among the large Chinese population, the Ordinance would have proved a failure, and inasmuch as a similar enactment is to be found in many other Colonies, I do not anticipate any objection on the part of Your Lordship.

I propose to bring the Ordinance into force as soon as the requisite machinery can be prepared, and in the meantime, I beg to solicit its confirmation and approval by Her Majesty.

I have the honor to be,

My Lord,

Your Lordship's most obedient humble servant,

Bowring