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sympathy and

Copy

operation in

preventing this Colony from being

made a sink to which destitute

bad characters are to be

transferred from the Treaty Ports

Nevertheless, even if such a course were sometimes necessary under certain exceptional circumstances I need hardly add that I ought to be first communicated with that steps might be taken through the proper department of this Government

for

exercising a careful surveillance over those whom it had been found necessary to send here.

I have to

(Signed) A K Kennedy,

Governor & Commander-in-chief

Officiating Consul, Shanghai to Acting Colonial Secretary

NO 3427

Page 463

British Consulate, Shanghai,

14th November, 1872

I have the honor to acknowledge

receipt of your

letter of the 9th Instant and to express my

surprise

that His Excellency The

Governor of Hong Kong should

have

assumed, as he

appears from

its terms to have done, that I

should have been in

any way

a party to the deportation of criminals

or others to Hong Kong without

The Honorable

Cecil Smith,

Acting Colonial Secretary, Hong Kong

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sympathy and Copy operation in preventing this Colony from being made a sink to which destitute bad characters are to be transferred from the Treaty Ports Nevertheless, even if such a course were sometimes necessary under certain exceptional circumstances I need hardly add that I ought to be first communicated with that steps might be taken through the proper department of this Government for exercising a careful surveillance over those whom it had been found necessary to send here. I have to (Signed) A K Kennedy, Governor & Commander-in-chief Officiating Consul, Shanghai to Acting Colonial Secretary NO 3427 Page 463 British Consulate, Shanghai, 14th November, 1872 I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 9th Instant and to express my surprise that His Excellency The Governor of Hong Kong should have assumed, as he appears from its terms to have done, that I should have been in any way a party to the deportation of criminals or others to Hong Kong without The Honorable Cecil Smith, Acting Colonial Secretary, Hong Kong
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10. sympathy and Copy operation in preventing this Colony from being made a sink to which destitute bad characters are to be tramferred from the Treaty Ports Nevertheless, even if such a couse were sometimes necessary under certain exceptional excumstarices I queed hardly add that I ought to be first communicated with that steps might be taken through the proper department of this Government for boe weercising a careful surveillance) over those whom it had been found this necessary to send have. I have to (Signed) Ak Kennedy, Governor & Commander. in chief Officiating Commul, Shanghai to Acting Colomnal Sexistan! ON 3427 Tivi 463 British Onsulate, Shanghai, 147th November, 1872 Phave the honor to acténeraledge receipt of your letter of the fut Instant and to express my surprise that this Excellency The Governor of Coughing should have afsinned, as he appears from its time to have done, that I should have been in any way W party to the deportatio of criminals others to thoughing without The Omorable Cecil & Smith, Acting Colonial Secretary Hungting.
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sympathy and

Copy

operation in

preventing this Colony from being

made a sink to which destitute

bad characters are to be

tramferred from the Treaty Ports

Nevertheless, even if such a couse were sometimes necessary under certain exceptional excumstarices I queed hardly add that I ought to be first communicated with that steps might be taken through the proper department of this Government

for

boe

weercising a careful surveillance) over those whom it had been found this necessary to send have.

I have to

(Signed) Ak Kennedy,

Governor & Commander.

in chief

Officiating Commul, Shanghai to Acting Colomnal Sexistan!

ON 3427

Tivi

463

British Onsulate, Shanghai,

147th November, 1872

Phave the honor to acténeraledge

receipt of your

letter of the fut

Instant and to express my

surprise

that this Excellency The

Governor of Coughing should

have

afsinned, as he

appears from

its time to have done, that I

should have been in

any way

W

party to the deportatio of criminals

others to thoughing without

The Omorable

Cecil & Smith,

Acting Colonial Secretary Hungting.

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