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After the receipt of that letter, Sir A.V.
de Sausmarez raised objections to the provisions of the
Order in Council as then drafted, and in order to meet
his objections the provisions were recast in the form
in which they now appear as Articles 2 and 3 of the China
and Corea (Amendment) Order in Council 1910. Article 3
provides for the possibility of the Governor of Hong
Kong being empowered, by Hong Kong legislation, to carry
out the deportation of the prisoner in such cases.
It would appear from Sir H.W. de Sausmarez'
despatch that no such legislation has been passed, and
that the Colonial Authorities are unaole in the case of
a prisoner who has been sent for imprisonment to Hong
Kong, and in whose case an order for deportation has
been made, to deport him, and can only cause him to
be returned to Shanghai.
In view of the unsatisfactory situation which
thus arises, Sir E. Grey would be glad to learn whether,
in the opinion of Mr. Harcourt, it would now be possible
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