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Augmented rental a portion at least of the profit which was before in the hands of two or three privileged persons. Some modifications, the result of experience will I think be desirable
but in
my judgment they ought
to affect the more substantial
not
provisions of the Markets Ordinance.
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grows
question of Immigration
in importance as the demand
An influx increases in the Colonies.
Houghtons continues to be the Port whence
1
who
remigrants was
passages
and
can pay for their
are able to take care of
themselves and their
own interests
matter to embark and it will be seen
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by the Acting Master's Report us line than 13,856 left this Colony for destination
in the past year.
Jam
and California in the quite of opinion that the stringency of the Chinese Passenger Act ought to be relaxed as regards Emigrants paying
their own
passage, selecting their own vessels and able to secure themselves
the
against abductions and fraud. But with reference to hired Coolies for Colonies I am thoroughly convinced
that the
gross crimes, abominations
the mode
and abuses exist in the
they
are
collected
on
by which
the continent of
China. It is perfectly true that there is in China a superfluity of labor-
... usury
and difficulty of