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carefully watching the Chinese Emigration to Australia.
You wish to know
2. You under what auspices the Chinese Emigrants are leaving China for Australia.
An answer to that question is to some extent furnished by the printed papers I have the honour to transmit herewith relating to the Chinese Emigrants that went to Sydney and other Australian Ports on the "Glamis Castle".
3. Before signing the Licence, the Governor called for an independent examination in addition to the Statutory Examination of the Emigration Officer. You will observe that the examination of a few of the proposed Emigrants by Dr Eitel, the Acting Civil Secretary, was a very searching one.
The Governor is of opinion that the facts elicited by Dr Eitel, as well as those obtained by the Acting Registrar General and myself, may be taken as applying generally to the class of Chinese Emigrants proceeding from Singapore to Australia.
4. His Excellency observes...