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passed in

Amgkong in 1870

ansqquence

Ever since

has in

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remained in abryance

very much to the detriment

of Public Justice

shown in

Sorry

letter of June 8. 1877, which led to

the

reopening of communications with the Government of Portugal &

the subject

·

Under these circumstances I am

to request that.

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Either the crime of Murder should be struck

out of the Schedule of Extradition Crimes in the Hongking

Ordinance,

should

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surrendered

by

that an undertaking

That

Fugitive

the Government of Macas

to the Government of Hongkong should suffer capital punishment,

trat,

in

Cure

of

being pronounced

but

a capital sentence

upon

him, it

should be commuted to imprisonme

will move

Lord

for life

Or

Michael Hicks Brach to favour

Salisbury with his opinion whether,

to the apparently

having regard

insuperable objection of

the ~

Portuguese foremment btwrrender

any

Fugitive who may rendered liable to capital punis it night not be desirable

be thereby

punishment

propose

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arrangement whereby.

Either

some other period-

Although there may

be Nɛctions

to the introduction of such a Provision in a general Treaty between Great Britain and Portugal

Portugal, it appear

to Lord Salisbury that the necessities

of the Situation arising from the propinquitan of Stongkong to Macas,

Ther

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