CO129-220 - Governor Sir Bowen - 1885 [1-3] — Page 302

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estimated by the Police at ten thousand. In event of the French despatching any troops to attack Canton, these

• people will become highly exoited, and if they

-procure without restriction, they may be exceedingly dangerous to the peace of this Colony. "The Friads were at one time reputed to be a political but it is questioned by society, but it is

some persons whether they have Distinet

at the present day any political object in view, beyond the subversion of authority and order. Flunder would be more m probably the object that their

would be addressed to.

energies

On

On the passing of the Ast

last betober, the Volice took possession of about 16,000 arms of all Kinds and it came out subsequently that this was only a small portion of the arms in the large quantity

Colony, of

which a

was in the stores

of European merchants. It was ~ admitted that ma ny

Chinese dealers,

fearing that the rioters might brak into their stoves and arm themselves, sent their arms to the stores of - European merchants for safer custody,

as soon as the riots broke

out, and before the passing of the

Peace Preservation Clot. The iet is not

in

a.

my opinion hardship upon

dealers

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