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.