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which concerns the shipment of Coolies to remoter regions.

I shall forward Your Despatches, and test? J. D. Syme for letter to the Earl of Clarendon-

I think there are good grounds for reconsideration of the whole subject, but I do not feel warranted by local legislation to supersede the requirements of an Act of the Imperial Parliament; at all events without previous

Consultation

A Consultation with Her Majesty's Government, which is so keenly alive to the horrible abuses connected with Coolie emigration, and the necessity of effecting some security against them by stringent Regulations. Up to the present time, the Government has not thought fit to impose upon Consular functionaries the responsibilities and duties which belong to Emigration Officers.

I am, under the

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