proposing to
go
to Acheen in the
are under verbal
I. S. Abbotsford contracts of service. Having perused
the statements made by certain of these Passengers the Administrator is of opinion that the Emigration Officer is justified
in the course
which he has taken, and although
there
may
be a
misapprehension
of the Passengers as to the intention of
the Government of Netherlands India, the Government can only look to the understanding
this
to his future
position which the intending Emigrant may indicate to the Emigration Officer,
The case
of the Chinese
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proposing to embark in the S.S. Abbotsford must be dealt with strictly according to law, and His Excellency does not think it right to interfere so long as the law is being observed by the proper officer of his Government.
Any explanations, therefore,
which you wish to make, as to the prospects which you hold out to the intended Passengers cannot take place during their examination by the Emigration Officer. Such
a course would form an inconvenient precedent, and would hamper the Emigration Officer in his duty.