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one section of the community in the leading article I enclose, in which it says:-
"If it be tree that figures may
"be made to mislead, they certainly do not " do so in this case, as the state of good
order and security the Colony has "latterly enjoyed was frequently remarked "upon before the appearance of the statistics referred to. It is hardly "necessary now to re-open the question " as to the proper mode of dealing with "crime, which formed such a
burning
" topic in the Colony a couple of years "`ago, but it is only fair to note the fast that under the present régime exime " has sensibly declined. Simultaneously
there has been a marked decrease in the
" number of floggings inflicted, the figures - "having fallen from 119 in 1875 to 18 in 1879. This is also a matter for congratulation?
3.
The vernacular press, which has
a very much larger circulation than the English newspapers, and the whole of the Chinese community have steadily supported the Government in the various reforms, with respect to Punishment, Prison discipline, and Police, to which the decline of crime is attributed.
I have the honour to be,
dir
Your most Obedient Humble Servant,
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