CO129-238 - Governor Des Voeus - 1888 [7-8] — Page 486

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lastly

interior of China, so that their testimony is less prejudiced by fear, and _

and chiefly because : the evidence of the principal witnesses can be promptly confirmed on minute points in a manner that would be impracticable if the witnesses had to be brought long

distances.

20.

We have had difficulty enough, and have not yet -

apparently

succeeded, in

impressing

impressing Government with our

the Chinese

as to the inadmissibi

view

nissibility of hearsay evidence; and to

· pursuade them

of

the

importance of minutie such as I have referred to would

air

experience,

if

be, judging by quite hopeless; while even we did so pursuade them, the cost of bringing such witnesses to HongKong would make a large addition to the already great expense incurred

in

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