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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 30TH JULY, 1881.
Sir JOHN POPE HENNESSY thanked the depu-
tation for their congratulations and good wishes,
but as to the great prosperity of the Colony, he
felt it was due far more to the merchants, bankers
and shopkeepers he saw in the deputation, than
to any labours of his own.
No doubt, within
the last four years the value of property had increased, the population had been augmented,
two thousand new houses had been built, and whilst the inhabitants of the City of Victoria
became more numerous, both by births and by immigration from the Kwang-tung province,
crime had diminished. But this was owing to
the industry of the people, to their loyal and
orderly disposition, and perhaps to some extent
also to the practical advice he himself had received
from time to time from those competent to give it as to the best mode of governing a Chinese community.
Her Majesty's Government had recognized this also in dealing with one of the subjects the depu-
tation had mentioned, that of kidnapping. Much had been done of late years to detect and punish this crime; and in 1879, Chief. Justice Sir JoHN SMALE made a public utterance on the subject which deservedly attracted great attention, His Honour very frankly remarking that he was sorry he had not noticed the matter before. But before the Chief Justice had noticed the evil in question,
the gentleman who had introduced the deputation, and other gentlemen present, had drawn the attention of the Government to it..
His Excellency then read. the following extract from a despatch of the Earl of KIMBERLEY on the subject, dated Downing Street, 20th May, 1880:——
"With regard to kidnapping, the provisions of “ the local law (Ordinance 4 of 1865 and 2 of 1875) ought to be sufficiently stringent, but
"it appears that, the practice being on the increase, certain Chinese gentlemen in Novem-
ber 1878 asked permission to form themselves "into an Association for its prevention, and that a "Committee appointed by you to enquire into "the subject suggested that the petitioners should
form themselves into a Company for the purpose
"under the 'Companies Ordinance, 1865'. I re-
quest that you will at once thank these Chinese
gentlemen for their offers of assistance in re- pressing this form of crime, and that you will
“ allow them to form themselves into an Asso-
ciation of whatever kind they desire. But in "order to obtain official recognition, its rules and
organization should be made known to and approved by the Colonial Government. You will, of course, give them such assistance as you
may find practicable, and especially you will "instruct the Police to co-operate with them in
"bringing to justice all offenders whom they may
succeed in tracing. If the Association as at "first organized should be found insufficient, it "will be time then to consider what other steps "should be taken,"
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