and in conformity with Law. The Governor adds that the Emigration to Surinam is not in the hands of M. Lobschied but in those of the Dutch Consul M. Basman – that the times (which he states) are very favorable and that the accounts from the Colony represent the people as prosperous.
I am not aware of any reason to doubt the representations which have been made to the Governor in respect to the people in Surinam : –
4. A considerable portion of Mr. Thomsett's export is, however, devoted to a contrast between Mr. Sampson's Emigration and the emigration from Hongkong – and to a proof that the latter is in practice the best conducted of the two. He accuses Mr. Sampson of misrepresentation, and somewhat suggests that he is himself the author of some of the articles in the "China Mail" attacking Hongkong emigration. I do not suppose that Mr. Thomsett means this seriously – it is rather an expression of his irritation at what he considers Mr. Sampson's unjust depreciatory remarks – but it is due to Mr. Sampson in the present instance to point out that in his letter which