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of the Secretary of State, providing that no immigrant ship should proceed to Era from Hongkong without a licence from the Governor. The Governor was subsequently instructed not to grant this licence to any ship intended to carry emigrants to any Foreign Country.
3. The Netherlands Minister applies for an exception from this prohibition in favour of Surinam on the ground Chinese Immigrants are well treated in that Colony. There
...ound that ...i no reason to doubt this sever-
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...theless I do not see how the prohibition could be relaxed in favour of a Dutch Colony and
& the French Take! maintained against a Spanish Colony borne in mind that the Governor of Hongkong, when asked whether Emigrants for British W. Indian Colonies could not be procured in that Island, answered that it could not be done without the Employment of Native Agents on the main land to collect them.
a system which was open to the gravest abuses and mischief produce similar results as at Hongkong as at Macau. Under these circumstances the attempts to procure Emigrants for British Guiana from Hongkong has been given up, and it would be obviously inconsistent while
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