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Toongkong No 288.

27th December, 1882.

Officer Administering the Government "(William Henry Marsh, CMGs

to

The Right Honourable

"The Earl of Kimberley

Mendicanons

Transmits Return of Convictions of showing that there

in cases

has been no flogging in connection.

therewith.

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The Colonial Treasurer to the. Artpenat Speretary

REC 4 FEB 63/

Colonial Treasury

csom. 46 of 1883-

Sir,

Hong Kong 5th

5th Janu

On the 24th June 1881 a discusion

took place in lonnel.

* 2

the question

of flogging and, as will appear from the extracts which I now unclose

the Council and public

led to

believe that the

Magistrates

had been in the habit of o

one Enclosure

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for merely asking for alone.

It is

is di

difficult to understand

how the Governor could have

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