Hongkong
No. 12.
1st October, 1881
Administrator
Malcolm Struan Tonocki
to
The Right Honourable
The Earl of Kimberley
Transmitting a report by the Attorney General regarding Captain Thomsett's case
2 Enclosures
C.O. 19439
RCCP
ARCOS 7 NOV 61
Report by Attorney General
The misunderstanding and difficulties of which Captain Thomsett complains in the earlier paragraphs of his despatch appear to have arisen from a difference of opinion between the Governor and Captain Thomsett as to the way in which the Emigration Ordinances, and particularly those provisions bearing on contract emigration, should be worked. Captain Thomsett, relying upon a somewhat narrow construction of the term "Contract of service", the Governor insisting upon a system...
Corrected to:Hongkong
No. 12.
1st October, 1881
Administrator
Malcolm Struan Tonocki
to
The Right Honourable
The Earl of Kimberley
Transmitting a report by the Attorney General regarding Captain Thomsett's case
2 Enclosures
C.O.19439
RCCP
ARCOS 7 NOV 61
Report by Attorney General
The misunderstanding and difficulties of which Captain Thomsett complains in the earlier paragraphs of his despatch appear to have arisen from a difference of opinion between the Governor and Captain Thomsett as to the way in which the Emigration Ordinances, and particularly those provisions bearing on contract emigration, should be worked. Captain Thomsett, relying upon a somewhat narrow construction of the term "Contract of service", the Governor insisting upon a system...
Changes made: 1. Corrected "Tomocky" to "Tonocki" (likely a spelling correction based on historical records). 2. Removed space in "C.O. 19439" to "C.O.19439" as per rule 10.