Macau and detained there in

the character of a voluntary emigrant and had been

given

a Contract as his, wherein another's

name was inserted. The cure

was

a very

good one,

and the evidence of the story narrated

was quite conclusive.

In reply to that part of my communication relating to receipt of the bribe the Governor is satisfied with the testimony of one of his officers, that there was no record of the transaction, whilst he hints pretty plainly that - "illustrious names

are not needed to aid in procuring justice at Macau." In other words, that my intervention was uncalled for, because the Coolies, I presume, find the courts there open to their complaints.

12. Saving this I relieved myself from any possible charge of not sufficiently drawing the attention of the Macau Authorities to the nefarious traffic fostered beneath the Portuguese flag, and having ascertained that whatever polite expressions might be resorted to there is not the remotest

intention of abolishing the abuses

Enclosure 48 14th June, 1867.

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