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and that Mr. Long at that time ex-
of
pressed his appreciation at Mr.
Appleton's attitude in bringing the
matter privately to his notice, and
promised to have it investigated.
This was done and a telegram was
received from Hong Kong giving &
brief summary of the position and
promising a despatch on the subject.
The substance of the telegram was
communicated to Mr. Appleton. [bt
I am afraid that when the despatch
arrived his interest in the matter,
which had only appeared/in Mr.Long's
personal correspondence, was overlooked in due course received and the texts. the gist of the Governor's reports et
ALKOT
(23769/18)
I fear them is rathe prevarication
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I think it will be bet
at all.
we dist not so harf to Ms A.
Burd
*Coats
that time was as follows:-
The
Governor stated quite definitely that
the law of the Colony does not recognise
the existence of any servile status what-
ever.
According to his statement,
custom of purchasing female domestic
the
servants ("mui tsai") exists all over
China, and many households in Hong Kong
have
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have such servants;
but the law of
the Colony does not recognise the
purchase as conferring any title or
right whatever, the girls are
absolutely free in law as against
the purchasers, and in cases of ill-
treatment they are removed. A later
report from the Officer Administering
the Government of the Colony states
that there have been no attempts
either in the North or the South to
deal by legislation with the ques-
tion of "mui tsai", and that the
universal practise in this matter
ریال
In the cines · What that was
S.of s
remains unchanged throughout China.
dist not corvmater amy ground for action. If you care to see the despatches I
will give instructions for them to
be shown to you at any time when
it will be convenient for you to
make an appointment to come and
discuss the matter with the Hong
Kong Department.
I may add that we have
recently