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of some official conferences at the Registrar General's Office. No doubt the opinions of the Chinese Community which
was
probably shocked at
A......
amy
woman)
being allowed a voice in such a matter, had the influence, but I believe the girl really had the power of deciding and did decide for herself,
by
The Registrar General.
as stated
I was therefore much pleased
at a termination of the business, which I hoped would place before the Native Community in its proper light the
position which we
hold;
as
Thinese
Women)
should
reasonable beings, and not as
things disposable little more chattels, Accordingly when Lai Ah Heen petitioned
The Honourable
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to have the action against him in the Chinese Court withdrawn, I desired the Colonial Secretary to transmit the application to Consul Robertson with a
view to enlisting his
good offices. I enclose his reply, declining to
do
so,
and accusing the father of
trumping up
a case
against the Bride-groom's family, thereby causing considerable correspondence and "much indignation "expressed at the hardship of the case".
all of which he asserts was based on pecuniary
considerations
as " he
has
been afforded by the Chinese Authorities long since He therefore hopes I will " inform
these persons that enough has been
" done in a matter in which Her Majesty's