CO129-222 - Acting Governor Cameron Governor Sir Bowen - 1885 [7-10] — Page 150

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No 828.

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RECO

Colonial Lecir kray's Office,

Hongkong, 10th July, 1883.

From the Acty Colonial Secretary To The Police Magistrates.

32 of the

With reference to your

letter No.

8th instant, and to previous

correspondeuw, I am directed by

u directed by the Officer

• Administering the Government to state that His Excellewey is inforced that from 1866 to 1872 the Magistrates sent n duvenile Offenders to the Reformatory,

although they

Acres

well

aware that

those in charge of that Establishment had no legal powers of

2.

detectioní

Until 1869 the

· average sumber

of boys who had been sent by the __

Magistrates

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