to observe the
a general rule
Chimère proper
ad
to emigrate under written engagement and that although
it has been considered necessary to forbid
emigration under contract from Hong Kong
to distant countries
and
such as Cuba, Peru, where there
is reason to believe
that the emigrants
are not properly
located, the
same necessity
has not been
thought to exist
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as regards emigration
fair & reasonable under contracts,
to countries in the vicinity of, or within easy reach of the Colony, such as those specified in the Schedule Ordered 4th 1871, which are comparatively in easy reach of the Colony of the Straits Settlements & indeed
the Southern Ports of China
In these circumstances Lord
Carnarvon would
be glad to hear