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16.
to exempt from the operation of
the Act passages not exceeding 21 days duration. In respect to the
Emigration to Australia/California
the case is different. The mere fact that the Emigrants pay for their
own passage and are
generally of an intelligent class is considered
no sufficient reason in this country for exempting the ships in which they sail from the operation of the Passengers Act - and we have sufficient grounds for fearing that if the protection of that Act
were withdrawn great
abuse would occur,
even in the ships
which carry
the most independent
and intelligent of
that class.
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Take
emigrants who pay their own passage
to Australia. But if
this is certain
of English Emigration it must be much more so of Chinese, where the difference of law, language, religion
and habits between the Crew
and their Passengers, and consequent want of sympathy
must make
the former much more careless of the comfort of the Passengers
than where all are
of the same race and
speak the same
Language.
1. It will be observed moreover
that the Resolutions propose to retain in respect to this Emigration so much of the provisions of the Chinese