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Council. Very probably it is not approved but is it a banishment order is sent & the police and the man are found & will probably turn up again for the search Guard & make Chan usually difficult.

My part I cannot see why ill-disposed rascals should be allowed to remain & cause disorderly scenes in the Colony at all. The Colony is not responsible for their birth or bringing. The Governor can lash those who are a menace to the peace & good order of the Colony, and the wider the sense in which the phrase is construed the better for the Colony & the worse for no-one. Banishment is no real hardship to the Chinese loafer. It is only sending him back to the country which is responsible for his existence.

The word "Banishment" is in fact a misnomer, for it means, I take it, sending a person back to his native country who has no stake or interest in the Colony, to make his living. There are international susceptibilities to be considered, and we must avoid wounding the feelings of the Chinese Authorities. On the contrary, they are only too anxious to cooperate with us to clear the Colony of the characters who make it a safe base from which to execute robberies in their territories.

But with the present ideas & procedure, the utility of the power is restricted and has shown insignificant proportions, and if it is to do any good, the procedure must be altered. I suggest some such arrangements as the following:

A. The police should have the power to arrest in streets by day, Chinese who have the appearance of being rogues & vagabonds or are seen loitering in suspicious places or in a suspicious manner, & take them before a magistrate. If they are found to have no trade or...

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Council. Very probably it is not approved but is it a banishment order is sent & the police and the man are found & will probably turn up again for the search Guard & make Chan usually difficult. My part I cannot see why ill-disposed rascals should be allowed to remain & cause disorderly scenes in the Colony at all. The Colony is not responsible for their birth or bringing. The Governor can lash those who are a menace to the peace & good order of the Colony, and the wider the sense in which the phrase is construed the better for the Colony & the worse for no-one. Banishment is no real hardship to the Chinese loafer. It is only sending him back to the country which is responsible for his existence. The word "Banishment" is in fact a misnomer, for it means, I take it, sending a person back to his native country who has no stake or interest in the Colony, to make his living. There are international susceptibilities to be considered, and we must avoid wounding the feelings of the Chinese Authorities. On the contrary, they are only too anxious to cooperate with us to clear the Colony of the characters who make it a safe base from which to execute robberies in their territories. But with the present ideas & procedure, the utility of the power is restricted and has shown insignificant proportions, and if it is to do any good, the procedure must be altered. I suggest some such arrangements as the following: A. The police should have the power to arrest in streets by day, Chinese who have the appearance of being rogues & vagabonds or are seen loitering in suspicious places or in a suspicious manner, & take them before a magistrate. If they are found to have no trade or...
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Council. Very pormbly it

اسة

is

to not apparved but is it a lanishment order is sent & the police and the

man har & be found

& will probableg

up again

te

Л

für

the search

Guard &

4 Make

Chan

umally difficult.

my part I connet

Zw

see why ille

Lascals

should be allowed

& remeni

& disorderly

the

Colony al

not

all. The Colony in

responsible for their bith

or

ceps.bringing. The Gover

Connect can.

me

who is

lanish

an

Kanzeems

the peace & good

of the Colmy, and the wider

the sence

in which the phrase in construed the better for the Colmy & the unce for no-one. Bonishment is no real hardships to the Chinese lopfer. It is sly sending him back & the country which is responsible for his existence. The und

in fact

Ferns

&

77

Fam

wally

mis. nomer, for it mesus, I take it, sending a person avanz.

Native Country

Math T

pas no

stake

Com

a tule

or interest

25

in the Colony, to

make his lining,

A-p

carly in his am. Cont

territories. There international susceptibilities

من

A

Zvo

of the Chinese Authorities to wound. On the Controns

are only too

they

for us.

of

9

to clear the Colony

the characters who make it a safe base from wheit

&

falan

execute lobbers.

in thuis teritores. But with

the ideas

& procedure sword the utility

bi roque

the power is result

have shown,

innquificant proportions, and

if it is

quite

leve

must

to do any

good the procedure

be altered. I nggeal some such anong ements the following:

the

A. The police shoes have

power to anest in streets by day,

Chinere who have

night all

the

appescance of being rogues &

Lagabonds or are

seen loitering

in suspicious places

suspicions manner, & take them

before

a

manitate. If they

are frunt & have no

trade

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