It might be found necessary in the first instance, to assign emigrants a bonus on landing or some other advantage which would cost money. But the grand desideratum is the assurance of a tide of emigration, & if it be true, Mr. Sampson affirms, that the majority of those who are now engaging with care simply to secure a passage to the Colony, confident that, once there, they will make their money as others have done, the provision of free passages without contract is, at least, deserving of consideration. The tide once set flowing again, there would hardly be any necessity for agencies on the mainland; Coolies would proceed, as they now do, to various parts of the world from Hong Kong direct; their shipment & accommodation on board being cared for in much the same way as at present. There, they...
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