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It is manifest that the congration in question is Contract emigration and such as under instructions from Her Majestings Government cannot be sanctioned.

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THE CHINA MAIL.

HONGKONG, THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1878.

THE unsatisfactory manner in which the accounts of certain estates in the Supreme Court are audited, or rather left to them- selves, has been painfully presented to the public during the last few days. Irregulari- ties are spoken of amounting to very large sums, and the hopeless state of muddle which seems to exist in this department leads to the natural inference that there is less security for Court funds than there is for money placed in the hands of private individuals. It is uncertain whether any officer of the Supreme Court is secured by bond in any amount whatever, while no sort of audit is known to be exercised,

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