Java,
but I do know that vessels are
which
frequently arriving in this Colony sender
1. the British and Dutch Flags, &c. are the
property of Chinese in Java
or
some of the Straits Settlements, and only yesterday, two fine brigantines passed through this harbour under the British Flag, the owners of which, as also of a square-rigged vessel, is a Chinese at "Macau".
have
61. Persons may
say here and there, complain that such a privilege is
granted to an alien, but then they
might also complain against the acquisition of landed property, and what would have become of settlers in this Colony, the population of which
is now
64,000, of which not 400 are bona fide subjects of Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain? It is only to
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Chinese (qualified under the Ordinance)
and not to other aliens, that the Ordinance
accords the privilege of obtaining the British Flag.
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62. I have heard that parties complaining against the granting of Registers to Chinese landholders here
were most willing to assist some of them in procuring that
privilege, by becoming their securities on the payment
of a certain sum; and others again, most willingly lend their
names, to obtain the Register of Chinese-owned property, which only opens the door to fraud and deceit.
63. The other items of Revenue, incidental, and of little consequence,
are
as regards the amount, the whole estimated receipts for 1856, under
four different heads, being only £310. On