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under all the circumstances I regret

that I think the junk &

to

say

goods

or

their value should be

returned to the parties who

can

satisfactorily prove themselves to be

the

owners.

122) George Phillippo

# Tobruary 27

tic

sungging

transactions. I do not

think such a penalty should be imposed until such transactions are declared by the Legislature to be

1

ulauful . The Vessel & Cargo appear

I have been in our

waters when

it seems to

taken and as Chinese authorities had

the

6th

4.0 vore

right to take them than they

would have to take

goods in

of the Go- doors in Victoria their way from the

the versel that

+vas

or ou

go-downs to

to receive thou

and which they the bhinese- authorities suspected of being intended to be sunggled into China. The question is scarcely one of law but