CO129-389 - Governor Sir Lugard Acting Governor Claud Severn - 1912 [3-4] — Page 112

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CONFIDENTIAL.

Sir,

Ex 35-03

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CO 1.256

REG 13 APR 12

GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

HONGKONG. 13th. March, 1912.

In continuation of my Confidential Despatch of the 5th. January, 1912, I am glad to report that on the 26th. February with the advice of the Executive Council I was in a position to order the rescission of Proclamation No. 9 of the 29th. of last November declaring the Colony subject to the provisions of sections 7 to 14 of the Peace Preservation Ordinance. Although in the meanwhile the condition of the Colony had sensibly improved, I was advised both by the Captain Superintendent of Police and the Registrar-General that the Proclamation should not be rescinded until Chinese New Year's day was past. That day fell on the 18th. February, and I am happy to say resulted in no disturbances. Indeed for several weeks past the state of law and order in the Colony has been on the whole satisfactory.

2.

I enclose a further list of cases in which the Police were obstructed or attacked in the discharge of their duti- -es: also a statement of the floggings inflicted while the Procla- -mation above referred to was in force. I attach further as a

matter of interest a list supplied by the Registrar-General of ex- -officials from China who have taken refuge in this Colony.

Endlosure !. onclosure 2

Enclosure 3

3.

With respect to paragraph 7 of my Despatch under reference the Captain Superintendent of Police reported on the 27th. February that it was no longer necessary to retain

private stocks of arms and ammunition, belonging to the 4 local

firms

RIGHT HONOURABLE

LEWIS HARCOURT, M.P..

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