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variance with the strict letter of the Convention.
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I observed that the shipment of coolies from Hongkong to the Straits and elsewhere had been going on for years;
that this Convention in no way forbade the extension of the practice to South Africa; and that if difficulties were created by the Viceroy emigration from Kuangtung under the Convention must cease.
His Excellency rejoined that he did not wish to place difficulties in the way: he simply desired to keep within the terms of the Convention, which did not mention Hong-Kong, and he could not recommend any variance of those terms just yet.
I have, etc.,
(SG.) C. A. Campbell,
Acting Consul-General.
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variance with the strict letter of the Convention.
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I observed that the shipment of coolies from Hongkong to the Straits and elsewhere had been going on for years;
that this Convention in no way forbade the extension of the practice to South Africa; and that if difficulties were created by the Viceroy emigration from Kuangtung under the Convention must cease.
His Excellency rejoined that he did not wish to place difficulties in the way: he simply desired to keep within the terms of the Convention, which did not mention Hong-Kong, and he could not recommend any variance of those terms just yet.
I have, etc.,
(SG.) C. A. Campbell,
Acting Consul-General.
Page 283
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variance with the strict letter of the Convention.
236
I observed that the shipment of coolies from Hongkong to the Straits and elsewhere had been going on for years;
that this Convention in no way forbade the extension of the practice to South Africa; and that if difficulties were created by the Viceroy emigration from Kuangtung under the Convention must cease.
His Excellency rejoined that he did not wish to place difficulties in the way: he simply desired to keep within the terms of the Convention, which did not mention Hong-Kong, and he could not recommend any variance of those terms just yet.
I have, etc.,
(SG.) C. A. Campbell,
Acting Consul-General.