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report by the dating Attorney General on Ordinance N.
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8
8 of
1895 "To amend and consolidate
the law relating to the
to the carriage
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13th March, 2/st 294
"and possession of deadly weapons together with a copy of a report one planch of the proceedings in Council in connection with the passage of the bill through its several
stages.
The necessity of imposing further restrictions on the sale
was dis
of arms in this Colony
during the riots which
closed
occurred
5th April
124
1895
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occurred in March of last &
when
I last year
many of the rioters were in possession of fire
which they made use
armo,
of
by firing
from the roofs of houses, and is further revealed by the annual report of the Captain superintendent of Police for 1894 which records 9 serious gang
robberies during
the
year,
one
of which resulted
in the loss of two lives.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most Obedient, William Robings of
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