HONG KONG.

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The Ordinances of Hongkong for 1892. First separate edition, comprising the 15 ordinances and many regulations issued during the first full year of William Robinson's tenure as governor. These concerned quarantine, shipping in the vicinity of the telegraph cables linking the island with Kowloon, and the introduction of new legal protections for young children.Robinson's governorship overlapped with the dominance of Sir Paul Chater in the colony's affairs, and he was a firm supporter of Chater's expansion plans for the New Territories.

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