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and it is believed that the law

will reach in most

mainland

ses the

Cases

-persons guilty of these crimes. Still the close proximity of the

of China affords unusual facilities for the essape of criminals; and there is a very general demand (as I am. informed), especially among wealthy and respectable Chinese settled here, that the powers of banishment vested by law in

the

more

Governor should be freely exercised against the

the

criminal

0

criminal classes.

of

their

own

countrymen. As I wrote in my

despatch N.383 of last

year;

"It

should be remembered, in speaking

of banishment or deportation of Chinese from WongKong, that those! terms practically bear a different

-meaning here

from

what

they

bear in other countries. For the

Chinese sent away from this

#

island are not natives of Houghing.

"They a

#

are members of an invading

army of

criminale

from

the....

•

mainland. The influxe of-

"criminals