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2. In reply to your Lordship's further questions I have the honour to state that renewed enquiries confirm me in the opinion that the description given by the Chinese community, and by Dr. EITEL in his report of the 25th of October 1879, of the adoption of children and domestic servitude in Chinese families, is correct; and that any abuses that may occur will be exposed by the Chinese Society, with which, under your Lordship's instructions, the police are co-operating; that no further change is needed in the executive machinery now dealing with this matter; and that no alteration of the law on this subject is required.

The Right Hon. the EARL OF KIMBERLEY,

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I have &c.,

J. POPE HENNESSY.

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No. 16.

Governor Sir J. Pope Hennessy, K.C.M.G., to the Right Honourable the Earl of Kimberley.

MY LORD,

GOVERNMENT HOUSE, HONGKONG, 15th June, 1881.

With reference to your Lordship's Despatch of the 27th of August 1880, I have the honour to report that the rules of the Chinese Society for the Protection of Women and Children have not been finally revised yet. I have waited for an opportunity of consulting Mr. RUSSELL, who, before his recent visit to Europe, had dealt with some of the points in question.

2. Meanwhile I am happy to say the Society works smoothly and is doing good, 3. The Acting Chief Justice tells me that he finds these Chinese gentlemen of great assistance in the detection of kidnappers. Their operations and influence will, I am convinced, do more than anything else to put an end to whatever was really bad in the native customs to which Sir JOHN SMALE objected.

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I have, &c.,

(Signed)

J. POPE HENNESSY.

The Right Hon. the EARL OF KIMBERLEY,

&c.,

&c..

&c.

No. 19.

Governor Sir J. Pope Hennessy, K.C.M.G., to the Right Honourable the Earl of Kimberley.

MY LORD,

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GOVERNMENT HOUSE, HONGKONG, 31st August, 1881.

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7. It will no doubt be gratifying to Her Majesty's Government to notice that the final words of Chief Justice Sir JOHN SMALE in the Supreme Court of Hongkong testify to the practical value of the Chinese Society your Lordship has done so much to promote. It is only due to Sir JOHN SMALE to add that his own action has greatly contributed to foster the healthy public opinion of the native community, which induced him, when quitting the Supreme Court, to take a hopeful view of the future of this important subject.

I have, &c.,

'J. POPE HENNESSY.

(Signed)

&c.,

&c.

The Right Hon. the EARL OF KIMBERLEY,

&c.,