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of His Lordship's opinion

as

な

the instructions which should be

sent to the deting Governor

of Honghong in the assumption,

in the present

case

that the

crime was committed in Chinese

narrow waters and would consequently,

under

one

ordinary circumstances, be

for rendition.

J

aen

мі

reply

to

suggest, for the consideration

of Her Majesty's Secretary of State

177

State for the Colonies, that if

the crime charged is not Pracy

"jure gentium" but a crime

against the municipal laws

of China, the Acting Governor

of Hongkong should be instructed to request Her Majesty's Consul at Canton to furnish his Spinion

present case

as

him with

to whether the

is one

in which be

apprehends that torture will.

be applied if the fugitive

Should