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21590/66.
31440/06.
36934/50.
The Governor of Hong Kong, who supports the proposal to allow such emigration, adds that at present coolies from Canton to the Dutch East Indies instead of being shipped from Hong Kong pass through the Colony and go out to Wai-chow where they are shipped in foreign vessels.
The applications to Lord Elgin have also dealt with a minor point. The Consuls cannot give licenses to a vessel carrying coolies on a voyage of more than thirty days duration as such licenses can only be given by the Governor. They ask that this limitation should be removed.
The distinction between voyages of more and voyages of less than 30 days dates back to the Ordinance of 1871, the original object having, as already stated, to relieve the vessels regularly employed in a well-conducted trade with neighbouring countries from some of...