observes in the
the opera
ation
operate
of the
Chinese passengers act of voyages not
exceeding 21 day
duration. This
alteration.
Badrat
J
che
act was the suggestion
of
the Colonial
Legislature, and its object was to relieve
from the operation
of the Act voyages to parts in the
China seas and
the Eastern Archipelago. The Attorney General
The words "made al-" were erased, because the alteration was
never carried out.
It was merely a suggestion
Report
that accompanies
this dispatch that
of 21 days
the limit would
only include the
Ports of Manila, and, in
the most favorable season, Amoy and Singapore-
that in the adverse
monsoon the
voyage to the latter places has been fixed by Proclamation at 45 days. He therefore proposes that the voyages
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