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prevent irregularities.
I attach much importance
to the condition.
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referred to by the George Bouchaum, that after the period of contract is over, there should be obligation to convey the Emigrant home. This condition has been invariably repudiated by Contractors, but I think it should be enforced. If a tide of voluntary Emigration could be directed towards the
Colonies, such as freely spontaneously to the Islands of the
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India Archipelago, and some of the countries lying to the West of the Chinese Confines (Siam, Cambodia, Annam, &c.), the mutual benefits would be immense.
I suggested to Sir Henry Barkley that one step likely to form a favourable impression would be the sending back to China of any Emigrants who had been undoubtedly kidnapped, or induced to expatriate themselves by fraudulent representation. I think the return of a few successful Coolies such as those who come
back from California, Australia, the Philippines, &c., would, more than anything else, encourage
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