of the Ship Alped
leulence was pronounced by a Competent Libinab. And no further question is submitted upon your Despad.
The Local Officers at Hong Kong undoubtedly much mistook their powers in Attempting by their Own Authority to dispense with the Requirements of an Imperial Statute.
A fresh Act of Parliament has now been passed for regulating Chinese Emigration, and having recently given you the requisite instructions on the mode of executing that Law, it is unnecessary that I should enter into any further remarks on the present occasion.
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