CO129-477 - Public Offices - 1922 — Page 406

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Order in Article 78 of the Pacific

Order in Council, 1893.

When a prisoner sentenced by

the High Commissioner's Court is

sent to Fiji for imprisonment under

this Article I understand that the

expenses of removal and maintenance

are borne by High Commission funds.

Perhaps the Fiji Department would

verify as to this.

Here however both the

Administrations concerned are under

the control of the Secretary of

State for the Colonies and we are

therefore able to apply our ordinary

practice under the Colonial Prisoners

Removal Act.

Under this of course the

Imperial Government (Foreign office

Vote) would have to pay whether the

man is sent to Hong Kong or to India.

I think on the above con-

siderations we ought to be able to

contend strongly that in no case

should Hong Kong be called upon to

pay and that it is for the Foreign

in the present ce

office to settle with the Indian

A

Government whether the latter is

liable in accordance with the

principle of the 1889 Circular or

the Imperial Government in

accordance with the accepted

practice under the Colonial Prisoners

Removal Act.

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Whether H. Kong is on

is not bound to accept

the prisoner, vape that

there is very

filtter cast

for asking VS. Kong

pany for the transfer

of a prisoner from

China to Jundia

in the

prisoner's own interest.

Reply that we

do not appear to have

any

hand of

the

Allangements made

when Indian personllo

have been removed from

St. Kong to India, but-

are arbing the for. for infer on

the subject.

No doubt arrangements

are made duvet belau

A. Kay & Judia.

Observe Heal

in this case the primer

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