Ind
of
which term he was to be
paid the sum
necesary to cover the expense of his return to China,
whether he elected to return or to
remain in the Colony, and is
he entered into a second
Engage=
he was
to
-meub for 5. grass, receive a bonus equal to hath the cost of his returno passage, retaining his right to the cock of
at the end of
a return
pis
papage
Engagement . The effect of this
provision was to make the suic=
=gration too costly for the Planten
in the British West Indies. –
3
a
long correspondence
on
Ensurd between the Governments of this country and France the one side and the Chinese Government on the other with
C
129
reference to this clause. the result
of which
was that the British and
French Govern ments rosutually
refused to ratify the convention and demanded that the Emigration
on the footing
should be replaced
at
the
on which it stood before march. 1866. To this, however, the Chinese. Government refused to assist, compromizing the dignity of Emperor by whom a becier appro= -ving the convention had bean
ipurd -
to carry
depoli
And as
it was
incpopsible
on the emigration without
which they
would noti
allow to be opened, they
were able
to give practical offect to their refusal.
In the course
of the
coures
pondenes with the French Govern =
-ment the question of accepting the