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or employment the Magistrate then commit them & the

House of

Detention (The present Vagrancy Ordinance

does not apply to Chinese

as vagrants.

very little known.) They should be

detained a

few days during which period

they should be visited by the Protector of Chinese, and if it appear to him that they have no business

stake

or

in the Colony, and no respectable relatives or friends willing to furnish security

for their

behaviour, they should be forthwith deported:

If they claim & be honest

for their

labourers temporarily out of employment enquiring should be made of

Their

their last employers as to their Character

and

the

circumstances, under which they left their employment. If the result of such Enquiring is not satisfactory or if they lie about it they should be deported. If the

result of the

enquiring is favourable & the Protector of Chinese should keep them

under

observation

to see if they

get work.

If they evidently do not want work they should be deported

If they accept work

is found for

them their subsequent Career

should be watched

& if they

leave under unsatisfactory

circumstances they should

be

liable

to

factors

which will engage

them

re-arrest +

deportation. If no employer

can be found for

them

they

might be given a small

inducement sum of Money made & leave the Colony

after

entering

a bond not to return,

with liability to instant arrest and deportation if they violate

it

B. In cases of

"suspects" are

persons seen behaving

suspiciously but not actually

justifying arrest, but are

people who have

no

ostensible employment of a nature which renders it difficult to find them when wanted (such as Hawkers & boat people for instance); I would suggest that if the

Protector of Chinese's

reports confirm those of the police detectives (

or

on the

sole representation of the Captain Superintendent in cases where the Protector General is

not available for

an independent enquiry) the

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or employment the Magistrate then commit them & the House of Detention (The present Vagrancy Ordinance does not apply to Chinese as vagrants. very little known.) They should be detained a few days during which period they should be visited by the Protector of Chinese, and if it appear to him that they have no business stake or in the Colony, and no respectable relatives or friends willing to furnish security for their behaviour, they should be forthwith deported: If they claim & be honest for their labourers temporarily out of employment enquiring should be made of Their their last employers as to their Character and the circumstances, under which they left their employment. If the result of such Enquiring is not satisfactory or if they lie about it they should be deported. If the result of the enquiring is favourable & the Protector of Chinese should keep them under observation to see if they get work. If they evidently do not want work they should be deported If they accept work is found for them their subsequent Career should be watched & if they leave under unsatisfactory circumstances they should be liable to factors which will engage them re-arrest + deportation. If no employer can be found for them they might be given a small inducement sum of Money made & leave the Colony after entering a bond not to return, with liability to instant arrest and deportation if they violate it B. In cases of "suspects" are persons seen behaving suspiciously but not actually justifying arrest, but are people who have no ostensible employment of a nature which renders it difficult to find them when wanted (such as Hawkers & boat people for instance); I would suggest that if the Protector of Chinese's reports confirm those of the police detectives ( or on the sole representation of the Captain Superintendent in cases where the Protector General is not available for an independent enquiry) the 22
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or employment the Majistrete thnet commit them & the

House of

Detentin (The present Vapancy Schinance

does not apply to Chinese

a

as lappents.

fret. very little known.) They should be

detail a

few days during which peirs

they should be visited by the Protectio of Chinese, and t it appear to him that they have no brenners

stake

or

in the Colony, and no respectable relatives friends willing to furnish security

behaviour, they showed he forthwith deported:

gord If they claim & be honest.

for their

linkers temporaily out joh enquing showed

Mole

The

their last employees as to their Character

the

circumstances, under which. they left their employment. If the remet of mechan Enquiring is not satisfactory on if they lie about it they shmes be deported. If the

of the

enquering favourable & them Motectn, of Chinire should heep them

Итей

the

to get unk.

If they evidently do not woul unch they should be deputed

If they accept mich 26

is frant for.

Employment as

them their subsequent Career

shoves he watched

& if they

leave unter unsatisfacting

stances they should

circumst

the

liable

factors

will engage

sly the

re-anest +

deportations. If no employer

them

they

megnit. be given a small

& induced sum of. Mmery mase & leave the Colony

anter

I

a bond not & retum,

with liability to instant anest deportations if they violate

&

it

B. In concr

suspects" are

where

seen behaving

the

not actuall

& justify anest, but are

people who have

Ame

ostenable employment of a nature which rentus it difficult. & find them when wanted hawbers & boat people fr instance); I would sussent. that if the

Destruct listehmen's

reports confuin those of the police detectives (

on the

sole representation of the Captain Superintendent in cases where the Repustion General is

porters & mate

not in a

independent enquiry) the

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