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punishment and that therefore it would not be expedient that the crime of murder should be omitted from the Schedule of Extradition Crimes in the Hong Ordinance, Lord Salisbury would enggest, for the consideraten

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of Lie M. Hicks Beach, that as

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is u

epential

reciprocity condition of Extradition, the difficulty might not be surmounted by amending the Hong-Kang

Ordinance so as

to vest in the

Governor in Corneil the discretionary

power

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to be

power of surrendering tracas Government persons accused or convicted of the Crimes afecified in the Schedule without reference to arcy Treaty or reciprocal Law _ "He heaças

no such Law, Gout have passed and nevertheless Rey affear to have the forver of surrendering.

a

at their own discretion

fugitive at their

or under Funstructions from the Portuguese govemment.

If the Harey- Rarry Ordinance should be accorded as proposed,

the