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returns, & if their provisions stuctly enforced they should make the disappearance of arms most difficult. Section 20 empowers any member of the Polere force, who shall have obtained a general written authority from the Caplin Supé of Police for that purpose to open and search lox or package surpected to contain arms & ammunition"
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? after "member of the Police Force" suggest inserting not bring
under the ranch of sergeant"
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Sections 16821, the powers conferred
regards Sections 16821,
a "Police Officer" (aw antiguous phrase) & "any mamber of
the Police Force" respectively, should also be rafiguarded by
any
member of reading in each case being under the rank of Sargeant!
the Police Force not
Turning to the Importers memorandenes - apart from the points with which I have incidentally dealt n the strongest porest they make affears to me to be that it is from the Retail Trade that harm frings, 8 that therefore that Trade should be placed footing
a separate from the Wholesale Frade
I be subject to different Regulations). They argue
that the wholesale export of
a
Apored
arms & ammunition in foreign-
to Cheiere Ships- is all above board & shoulch
not there per be restricted. We are not told why this suggestiöpa
has not founds favour, but I presume it was
The main objections
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carepelly couidered I found infracticable. in the Memorandu
the D.A.G have, our there can be no question that the Ord: is bound to some extent to hender a
legitimate Tracie: but on
tells was not beew removed; & I think
the other hand I think it is so me
that the
scenery
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illegitimate trade should be suppressed - that I think
we
are justifinct in attempting to suppress in $65 even at the risk of damaging legitimate Trade.
I doubt if the Ord: will really check smuggling - it seem
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probable that it will be circcenvented somehow go
the pirates still supplied with arms. I do not gather from
as to its
rate it
the Despatch & Report that it there is much confidence
success in the Colony, but at aley is a bold effort to grash the nettle, & as such must I think be supported.
? Jumla sauction, requesting that the minor amendments above suggested by made, possibly also enquiring whether some modification of the sweeping prohibition to caryarms & ammunition under Sector & could be made without sudung jeopardining the succes of the Ord, I acking like conciction title for what
found impracticable to give effect to the suggestion in the enclosed memoranderen as to dealing seperately with Wholecals
& Retail Packers,
9
reasound it was
The Ord: should be reported on from time to time, & if it prover ineffectual should be repealed.
I don't know whether the supplying of the Printer with
Armus might be made more difficult of the wine of Proclamation, such has been issued in the
the Philippines, forbidding the export of.
a
case
alloge
of the
ther to
say,
the West River Port's.
arims
Possibly the result would merely be that we should throttle a genuine binde, whilst the illicit
smuggling, which
as gaily
we are
aiming at, would go ou ever. But perhaps it might be well
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