No 114.
Executive.
to Gri : 242 - 14 May 151.
Fuster Aus? to Cor. Bond ann 177
My Lord,
JAN SO 1850
380
1200) Victoria, Hong Kong,
the
30th November, 1849.
The expense of conveying
Chinese Convicts from here to the Straits
Settlements being considerable, and these Settlements, from my
knowledge
as being particularly adapted for their reception, from the number of their
countrymen
resident there, I am induced
to propose for the consideration of Your
Lordship, whether Chinese and
other
Indian Convicts sentenced to transportation
Governor Bonham 29 to November, 1849. Hong Kong,
to
The Earl
Grey.
1 Inclosure.
Received
the head and hand of Amaral have
Palmerston reporting that
Dispatch N° 17) to Viscount
Enclosing copy of his
late Governor
not
been delivered up
by the Chinese
authorities.
from the Colony might
not with advantage
be sent to Labuan, where labour appears
to be in
great demand, and where in
their services.
consequence
The Right Honorable
The Earl Grey,
&c.
might prove
&c.