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ee on

influence

effect, a

on trade, have had the

consequence,

as a natural

of throwing out of employment

a

large

number Chinese

of

Coolies resident in this island.

measures

elboreover, the energetic adopted of late against the disorderly members of their population by the eAuthorities at Canton, odmoy, Forchow, and~- other neighbouring cities of China, have caused a fresh and large influx of the criminal classes

HongKong, which, as I and previous

into

し

ལ

:- previous Governors have

reported, has always

an Alsatia

often

served as

for the lawless of

The mainland. It cannot be denied that thieves and sturdy beggars now swarm in this - Colony. There have been of late

several cases

a res

of burglary with

violence, and also the murder of respectable Indian shopkeeper, -named Rehemally, under

very

atrocious circumstances. The

are active and intelligent;

Volice

many arrests have been made,

and