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AGENT,
And 18th of December And I have to authorise you to take such steps as appear to you most expedient for carrying them into effect, seeing that the Law Officers have reported that you possess the requisite legal power. You will therefore proclaim the length of passages from Chinese Ports as well as from Hong Kong under the third Section of the Imperial Act, having reference to the difference in the length of voyages during the North East and South West Monsoon; And you will not pass any Local Ordinance which would relieve any Vessels subject to the Imperial Act from its operation.
There occurs here a subordinate question whether the Consul at Amoy may be appointed an Emigration Agent,