to Surinam of those already onboard the Nortland
and that the consequence
was, a serious loss to the
society in whose employ Messrs Lobscheide, Bourjan Hubener & co
were. No orders were
given or steps taken which would lead to
the compulsory cancelling of the "Portland's" Charter, the only
action taken was to see that
no Chinese left Hong Kong who were desirous of remaining behind. Messrs Lobscheide, Bourjan Hubener & Co have dispatched to Surinam 1318 emigrants under the regulations
which obtain at this Port, and which
are subject to my
control
and until now, I have not
heard that they received any other than support.
The
Charter could not
be carried out when M. Lobscheid
withdrew from acting for the Emigration society,
only
as
he
was authorised by the Netherlands Government to
recruit Chinese for Dutch colonies, the action of Messrs Borjan Hubener & co in the matter being to provide ships and funds.
I enclose a copy of a
letter which the Netherlands Consul at this place has
favoured
me with; Your
Excellency
will perceive that
it fully bears out my
views
as to the reasons for cancelling
the "Portland's" Charter and
that they
are not at all
attributable to any orders given by this Government or Mr Lobscheid would have made
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