of Mr. Tonnocky's despatch
ko 12 of
the 10
Octoba forwarding
the
Attorney General's report
upon
this letter.
2. The main point at
issue appears
to be
what constitutes
a
Contract of Service
and
I concur generally with You in thinking that
it is not necessary
that
every
Such contract
should be in
writing:
indeed that such
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has
always
been the view
held by government.
is
proved by the fact that
it has been held
necessary to examine
each so called
free emigrant before allowing him to proceed
and care must
be taken that these
examinations are not
allowed to become less
searching than they
were intended to be
and to degenerate
into
a mere form