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presence of criminals who were wanted for offences committed

in China, and the information thus acquired was transmitted

to Canton and formed the grounds for an application for the

arrest and extradition of the criminals. More effective

results would be obtained if these emissaries reported them-

-selves and worked in co-operation with our Detective Depart-

-ment while equal facilities might be afforded to our

detectives in locating and arresting in Canton fugitive

criminals from Hongkong. The heads of the Detective Depart-

-ments in the two cities may perhaps correspond direct in-

-formally. Criminals pass to and fro from Canton by the

river boats which carry from 3,000 to 4,000 passengers each

way daily, and one or two efficient detectives placed on

every steamer, should be able to effect many arrests while

telegraphic descriptions of absconding criminals should

ensure their arrest on landing at Canton or Hongkong as the

case may be. In this direction also practical co-operation

between the two Governments should be productive of

good results. I hope also that I may find it feasible to

extend the operation of the existing extradition procedure

with mutual benefit. At present owing partly no doubt to the

great expense involved, and the still greater uncertainty of

very

obtaining