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- prohibitions which cannot be "bona fide" enforced; at the latter place should be moistened because it is for the interest of the Chinese laborer, that this Part should not be shut whilst that of Macao remains open to immigration under contract - and because, as Sir Rutherford Alcock admits, such a Policy would be useless.

I have the honor to be,

My Lord,

Your Lordship's most obedient

humble servant,

James William Norton Dennell

Governor.

As it will render the information supplied more complete I send herewith Enclosure No. 3, the despatch which I was about to transmit to Sir R. Alcock, having just time to prepare a duplicate of it before departure of the next P.&O. Mail North.

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