CO129-016 - Sir John Davis - 1846 [1-6] — Page 302

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Chinese

mn account

of the difficulty of employing.

Her

them, I would solicit the sanction of He

Majesty's Government to the proposal of sending the few European Convicts down to Australia..

by the

d to me

that the want

From. a return just furnished- Chief Magistrate, it appears - of a place of exile has caused an accumulation-

to

of Convicts sentenced by the Supreme Court- Transportation, amounting in all- to 26, 2 Europeans, 6 people of Color, and 18 Chinese - -

er increase

As their further

his calculated to en

might

viz.

tembarrassment, and as the absence of examples

encourage

be

a cause.

f

crime,

I may

perhaps propose to the Executive founcil =

send the Chinese

m

to

to India, according to the

plan proposed by the President in Council..

It is in

every respect most desirable_

that I should be furnished _ as early as presible-

with the decision of Her Majesty's Government

M

the Several points referred

to in the present Jespatch

238

arrangements entered into

Despatch, and the with the hast. India Company.

I have the honor to be,

With the highest-respect,

Siv

1

Your Most Obedient-

Humble Servant,

Main

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