& be availed of only by the destitute classes of China, whereas I am convinced that but one thing is wanting to supply the labour market of this British Colony with respectable & industrious emigrants & that is - "facility of transit to & fro"; for the Chinese are an enterprising race, & will prosper wherever they can. California, Australia, & the Straits Settlements testify.
Mr. Wade to Earl Granville 225
I venture to submit also that a direct to and fro communication should be a Government measure, irrespective of conditions on the part of Land Proprietors or their agents, & undertaken with the view of the great benefit that will hereafter accrue to the islands from the establishment of an industrious class in place of the idle & almost worthless negro.
Four Colonies really require Chinese labour. They must prepare themselves.
169. Ponzi? of July 25. 1873