Hong Kong
No.
17054
(Subject.)
DESPATCH.
x
26 JAN 81
83
£
Governor. No.
Tuesday
Wednesday 16 Free
Date.
Free & Contract
1881 Chinese Emigrants
18 Aug
Last previous Paper.
No. 145. 15 Nov. 80
16 775.
19439
ms. 481-H & S 626)
Forwards letter from
Capt. Trame[t]t
Emigration officer respecting contract
& his eye
Chinese Em[p]
(Minutes.) M: Ebden
to
As these papers refer
to Emigration I suppose they should pass through your
hands.
As regards the Emigration itself
The important point is to decide what
constitutes
a contract
Must it be in writing?
Must it be in duplicate?
As to this we
are to have a report from the Attorney
General
and the
Governor further refers
to the case of
the "Abbotsford"
in 1875: the papers relating to
which
appear to be out.
As regards the personal difference