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I can only suppose that you have never seen my wife's letter, and I

therefore send you a copy, which please return.

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As this was the sole letter written, and was more than any- thing else an attack on the Government's policy, could, I please receive an explanation of the following passage which appears later in your

tatement:-The Governor considered that if no notice was taken of thi

thig onduct on the part of an officer's wife, there was considerable risk hat the Chinese would acquire the impression that the Government regarde ith favour these exaggerated and offensive attacks on their community, et

In view of the inaccuracies of the above, and assuming that the Secretary of State was guided in his investigations by similar allegation

I ask that this letter be brought to his notice ?

The letter the Governor wrote to the Commodore is, I imagine,

official document now, as it was passed on to the Commander-in-chief

th a covering letter from the Commodore,

May I suggest thhat a copy

this letter be therefore obtained, so that I may state my case as

gainst that of the Hong Kong Government

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Without imputing bad faith to anyone, ( and this applies to all correspondence,) may I ask if the Colonial Office will seriously con- aderas to whether there may not be equally great inaccuracies in other

rtions of the Hong Kong Government's Reports referring to Child slavery nerally.

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As one example with reference to Go-betweens for the sale

d purchase of children, reference to Police court cases involving the

ora will show that go-betweens are frequently in court, their names are:

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of a go-between having been prosecuted as a go-between, but only cases of fraud, etc,.

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May I submit that for the most part the information which has

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