hardship, as indicated in the preceding paragraph; and it was also considered, after reading the report of the despatch no. 204 of 15th June 1886, that it was most desirable to make general provisions, at the same time, regulating the sale and carrying, possession, of arms.
Every week reports one or more robberies with violence committed by several persons armed with swords and other weapons are made by the Police; and the practice of carrying arms appears from the Police reports to have been extending considerably amongst the criminal classes of the Colony during the last two years.
Under the existing law (Sec. 18 of Ordinance 14 of 1870) any Chinese, the holder of a night pass, may carry arms; and the Captain Superintendent of Police reports that there are over six thousand night passes issued quarterly.
hardship, as indicated in the preceding paragraph; and it
was also considered,
after
reading the report of the
my
(Jee
despatch no2o4 of 15th June 1886.)
Commission that enquired into the proscedings of the Triad - Society, that it was most desirable to make general provisions, at the same time, _
regulating
the
and Jale of
there are
carrying, possession,
arms.
week
Every
reports
one or more
by the Police of robberies with violence committed by several
persons
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persons armed with swords and other weapons, and the practier- of carrying arme appears from the Police reports to have been - extending considerably amongst the criminal classes of the Colony
two years.
during the last two
Under the existing
4.
law (See. 18 of Ordinance 14 of - 1870) any Chinese, the holder of
a
1
-night pass, may carry arms, = and the Captain Superintendent
of
Police
reports
that there are over
six thousand night passes issued
quarterly
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