CO129-187 - Governor Hennessy - 1880 [1-4] — Page 104

It M.S government:

that "slavery

he has

given out in any form cannot be allowed

Slavery in any

I'm Hing tong the colorry" and it would

now

be impossible to say,

allowed.

that it can be

I should therefore be inclined

to reiterate what has been said by

nor on

gova nor

this point; but to

the

give

Lim confidential instructions, not to interfere with the Chimese, as long as

2 Kidnapping generally

Gotha ( slavery

are checlded & feet down as far as possible

It should be noticed that if

of adoption

the practice

is put a stop to: the Chinese

anticifute that there will be an increase

in infanticide? : Freither that the gu

attribute the growth of the bits

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f

Cut Hidnaffers

Hidnapping to the laws of Hong Kong being based on the forinciple of litaty

•

of the person is to the introduction

of English forinciples into a Chinese

A

MINUTE PAPER.

Community

I do not feel qualified to offer Opinion

ཞུ་ག

an

the points raised in

101

Mi Pussells' letter (the cast enclosure)

And can

only state generally that

the Chief Justice affecus to have outstept his fromas

C-P-d

5. March. (but perhaps

It is impossible to read d'Eitel's attic) memorandum and Sir Johnlmore's declaration without feeling that Dr Eitel has the best of the argument.

The kidnapping and

as well as to

the buying and selling of females for prostitution are contrary to Chinese law and morality. British, and their suppression would be regarded with satisfaction by the Chimene themselves, with the exception of those who are

engager