CO129-297 - Governor Sir Blake - 1900 [1-3] — Page 210

COPY.

No.147.

sir,

Prco

H.B.H.Consulete,

Canton, 8th.December, 1899.

C.O.

5529

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ا ما

10 FEB

In view of the proposed Bill now under dis-

cussion by the Legislative Council for the purpose of amending

and consolidating the law relating to the carriage and possession

of arms and ammunition within the Colony of Hongkong, I trust

it will not be considered inopportune if I lay before His

Excellency the Governor the conclusions in connection with the

object proposed that have been forced upon me during my short

temme of office ar Ber bjesty's Consul at Canton.

It is notorious that the greater portion

if not indeed practically, the whole of the two Provinces of

Kwangtung and Kwanghsi ere as the present moment and have for

a long time been, in a thoroughly disorganised stete, More

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especially is this the case with respect to the country to the

South of Canton and on the net-work of water-ways of which

he Honourable

J.H.Stewart Lockhart, C.1.0.

Colonial Secretary

Hongkong.

Canton

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