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or
official authority. At the time that
I veroli I knew of more but Chinese,
but personally
and they
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but I can
unknown to me;
ordinance or
find
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regulation requiring any sandlion to the engagement of official emigrants by others; indeed I myself opened an Office in Hengthong without any guarantee being asked for, any official authority granted, questions whatever assted.
or any
2. The three houses alluded to
were situated in that pars of stengsing
Known as
noow. I think my
Syingfroom.
staternent as to the destination of the
people
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scarcely
be construed into
a "conclusion" that they
were destined.
for Cuba and Perw; I wrote of it as
"probable" that they
were intended from
Macao; and, except that I knew fromv
observations made at and near
office that brokers for the Macas
were numerous
depots
Stongstong,
I had
and bold in
for chinking.
no reasowy
it probable ocher than thas I
gave, namely that when large numbers of coolis
are to be sent to the Straits succlemento,
ships and ports not British are Jerefened, because of the restrictions of the Chinese
passenger Act. I may
however, that I
add now,
learned
subsequenity
that two Chinese Junks did, shortly afterwards, taste from stongsong for the Straits a number of coolis so
largo