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1923 wrote: "I concur in your suggestion
that the question of registration end of payment
of wages may be left in abeyance for the present,
and that Part III of the Ordinance should not
be brought into operation unless and until it
is shown to be necessary". It now appears ruun
that after six years from the passing of
the Ordinance the most that can be said
(vide paragraph 6 of your despatch of 23rd
M
of February) is that there was no reason
to believe that the number of Mui "sai in
the Colony has increased.
By
After making all allowance
for the difficulties in bringing the system
to an end which are described at lengthki
in your despatches, it is my duty to inform you
that public opinion in this country and
in the House of Commons will not accept
such a result with equanimity, and that I
feel myself quite unable to defend a
policy of laissez faire in this serious matter.
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