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by the Treaty of Tientsin (1858), Article XLVII, that if
they are not given this clearance they can expect no
protection should they contravene this treaty and that
the conference therefore recommended that the draft Bill
mentioned in paragraph 1 above should be introduced to
Legislative Council with the addition of the words "at his
absolute discretion" after "may" in the last line of
Clause 2(b) of the draft Bill.
A•
The Commercial Secretary,Hong Kong, indicated
that without further study of the case he was not prepared
to express an official opinion in favour of the conference's
recommendation though personally he saw no objection to it.
I have, etc.,
(Sgd.)G.A.S. NORTHCOTE.
Governor.
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