zz
to the Anglo-Chinese Convention
of 1904 should be resisted, and would
refer in this connection to the
correspondence ending with F.0.
letter A. 4085 /28/52 of the 18th
of August, 1925.
In addition to this contention
(37834/15)
the Chinese authorities allege that there are
certain abuses in respect of the
management of the boarding-houses
in which intending emigrants are
lodged while in Hong Kong. In view
of the denial of the Hong Kong
authorities that these abuses exist, and
also of the Government control
exercised over these boarding houses
under Sections 42-46 of the Asiatic
Emigration Ordinance No. 30 of 1915,
Mr. Thomas
Thinks it may unlikely that
There
legations.