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with the exception of clause 11 containing some verbal
alterations, are designed to remove certain restrictions
at present imposed upon bona fide free emigration and to
safeguard the interests of the assisted as distinct from
the indentured emigrant.
Under the existing law the various
classes of emigrants are accorded a like treatment, and it
has been found in practice that the regulations required
to make effective the control of the emigration of contract
labour are in the case of the free passenger unnecessary
and vexatious.
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4.
In the event of the proposed
amendments being approved it will not, I presume, be
necessary to insert the clause suspending the operation of
the Ordinance until it has received His Majesty's confirma-
-tion, which is required under the provisions of the
Chinese Passengers Act 1855.
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I have the honour to be,
My Lord,
Your Lordship's most obedient,
humble servant,
Amaz
Officer Administering the Govern-
-ment.