respecting
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Chinese Emigration
I have the honour to be,
My Lord, Your Lordship's Most Obedient
Humble Servant,
(Hong Kong.
RECD
3 AUG 21
Immigration to Australia.
Telegrams.
From the Colonial Secretary, Sydney, to the Colonial Secretary, Hongkong.
Sydney, 14th June, 1881.
Small-pox having been introduced here by Chinese recently arrived, this Government has, by proclamation, notified
that Hongkong and all the ports of China
places from which all
vessels arriving in Sydney will be placed in Quarantine.
(signed) Henry Parkes,
Colonial Secretary