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The Council advised that the

Attorney General should consider the point whether any

further steps could be taken and Mr. Rees Davies in con-

sultation with the Crown Solicitor and Mr. H. E. Pollock,

K.C. who, (with Sir H. Berkeley) had been retained to assist

the Crown in the event of proceedings subsequent to the

Ng Hin Tsz case, reported that he and the gentlemen named

concurred in the view expressed in his opinion of the 3rd.

instant. As the facts referred to as having come to light

since the date of the Banishment Order against Chiu Shiu-

pok had occurred before the date of the Order, it was evi-

dent that no further proceedings in Banishment could be

taken.

Meanwhile I was advised by the Captain Superin-

tendent of Police and the Registrar General that all intim-

idation by organised societies, of the kind referred to in

Your Lordship's telegram had ceased and that the situation

no longer demanded exceptional measures.

The boycott of

Japanese trade continues, but the Registrar General reports

that there is an appreciable increase in the trade in cer-

tain Japanese articles, and the methods of those who still

continue the movement are in no way contrary to law.

It

therefore appeared to me that there was no longer any justi-

fication for retaining the Proclamation in force, and I had

cause