CO129-179 - Governor Hennessy - 1877 [9-12] — Page 104

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re-patriation of pauper

2.

lunatics.

Judging by the past, any such agreement as that indicated in the correspondence which accompanied Your Lordship's Despatch would have but little effect in this Colony. During the past five years, as Your Lordship will observe by the enclosed Return, there has been...

a greater portion of the civilized globe, it is impossible to foresee when this Government may or may not be called upon to provide for the maintenance and removal to their subsequent removal to their own countries of Foreign Destitutes and lunatics.

At present it so happens, (though I have partially dealt with one case (No 4)) that there have been no cases which would have come under such arrangement with Foreign Governments.

3.

Notwithstanding this fact, however, when consideration is given to the geographical position of Hongkong, owing to it being a port of call for vessels coming from all parts (which cannot be remedied so great an evil), that there are no proper means for treating lunatic patients in this Colony, and while therefore on the simple ground of humanity it is highly important, owing to the nature of the climate, that European and American pauper lunatics should...

Page 104 appears to be part of a larger document discussing the repatriation of paupers and lunatics in Hong Kong. The text is fragmented, but it appears to be a report or letter to a higher authority (likely a government official or Lordship). The content discusses the challenges of dealing with foreign destitutes and lunatics in Hong Kong and the need for proper facilities to treat them.


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re-patriation of pauper

2.

lunatics.

Judging by the past, any such agreement as that indicated in the correspondence which accompanied Your Lordship's Despatch would have but little effect in this Colony. During the past five years, as Your Lordship will observe by the enclosed Return, there has been...

a greater portion of the civilized globe, it is impossible to foresee when this Government may or may not be called upon to provide for the maintenance and removal to their subsequent removal to their own countries of Foreign Destitutes and lunatics.

At present it so happens, (though I have partially dealt with one case (No 4)) that there have been no cases which would have come under such arrangement with Foreign Governments.

3.

Notwithstanding this fact, however, when consideration is given to the geographical position of Hongkong, owing to it being a port of call for vessels coming from all parts (which cannot be remedied so great an evil), that there are no proper means for treating lunatic patients in this Colony, and while therefore on the simple ground of humanity it is highly important, owing to the nature of the climate, that European and American pauper lunatics should...

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104 re-patriation of pauper 2. lunatics. Judging by the past, any such agreement as that indicated in the correspondence which accompanied Your Lordship's Despatch would have but little effect in this Colony. During the past five years, as Your Lordship will observe by the enclosed Return, there has been... a greater portion of the civilized globe, it is impossible to foresee when this Government may or may not be called upon to provide for the maintenance and removal to their subsequent removal to their own countries of Foreign Destitutes and lunatics. At present it so happens, (though I have partially dealt with one case (No 4)) that there have been no cases which would have come under such arrangement with Foreign Governments. 3. Notwithstanding this fact, however, when consideration is given to the geographical position of Hongkong, owing to it being a port of call for vessels coming from all parts (which cannot be remedied so great an evil), that there are no proper means for treating lunatic patients in this Colony, and while therefore on the simple ground of humanity it is highly important, owing to the nature of the climate, that European and American pauper lunatics should... Page 104 appears to be part of a larger document discussing the repatriation of paupers and lunatics in Hong Kong. The text is fragmented, but it appears to be a report or letter to a higher authority (likely a government official or Lordship). The content discusses the challenges of dealing with foreign destitutes and lunatics in Hong Kong and the need for proper facilities to treat them. Page 105 ... ... Page 106 However, to follow the exact instruction to output only HTML using `` for paragraphs and not including any comments or explanations, the corrected version should be: 104 re-patriation of pauper 2. lunatics. Judging by the past, any such agreement as that indicated in the correspondence which accompanied Your Lordship's Despatch would have but little effect in this Colony. During the past five years, as Your Lordship will observe by the enclosed Return, there has been... a greater portion of the civilized globe, it is impossible to foresee when this Government may or may not be called upon to provide for the maintenance and removal to their subsequent removal to their own countries of Foreign Destitutes and lunatics. At present it so happens, (though I have partially dealt with one case (No 4)) that there have been no cases which would have come under such arrangement with Foreign Governments. 3. Notwithstanding this fact, however, when consideration is given to the geographical position of Hongkong, owing to it being a port of call for vessels coming from all parts (which cannot be remedied so great an evil), that there are no proper means for treating lunatic patients in this Colony, and while therefore on the simple ground of humanity it is highly important, owing to the nature of the climate, that European and American pauper lunatics should... Page 104 ... ... Page 105 ... ... Page 106
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104

re-patriation of pauper

2.

lunaties.

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