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-years, _ the treatment of Criminals in Houghong. Your Lordship's decision is, that the Branding Ordinances be repealed; that Public Hogging be abolished by law, that all laws in Hongkong which impose flogging on persons of the

exclusively, be repealed, that

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all flogging be abolished except for such offeness as entail flogging in England,

and that flogging. abolished by law.

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I have requested the Attorney

General to draft the necessary Ordinances

for carrying

and I hope

this decision into effect, -

soon to have the honour

of submitting the drafts for Your. Lordship's consideration.

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I entirely share Your Lordship's to the necessity for

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and the advantage of the separate system, and I am addressing Your Lordship in another despatch explaining the delay that has occurred in submitting plans

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and estimates of a elrajesty's Government.

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The Chief Justice has been gratified to learn that your Lordship approves also of the_ introduction of the practice of

giving longer sentences to old offenders instead of having

recourse

sentences.

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