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in the fotours of the contract made with the Emigrants, (2) their protection on the voyage, and (3) for their return to their country.
It does not appear to us imposible, or even difficult, to provide for each of the conditions specified by Dir. Bowring, so far as legislation to the British Colonies is concerned.
The fulfilment of the Contracts would be secured by the Law as it exists and is administered at present in the importing Colonies.
The proper arrangements for the voyage might be enforced by means of the Passunger Act, provided Her Majesty's cruizers are instructed to exercise a vigilant superintendence over the ships engaged in the trade, and still more effectually if the Emigration were limited to Canton.
The return of the people to their native country is a question merely of expense to be decided by the value which the importing Colonies may put on the services of the Emigrants compared with the expense of the double voyages.
But.