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be for the Foreign Office to decide whether there diplomatic pe

OVE YO

are ནས་་ ེད་ against appointing Consular Offices at the legalized Port(s) rather at Among only Shipp

ཏུ། ཟང་རི་་བརི་འ་རི Paasenger Part from which branch are libly to proceed)

whether it would be more expedient to appoint (in the first instance) an Emigration Officer only in Hong Kong. The latter course would, in effect, be to compel British Shipper(s) engaged in this Trade to proceed to Hong Kong to obtain their papers.

though it might expose the Ship to some delay and expense, and del

cœpense and delay would afford great and obvious facilities for carrying out the Law and preventing abuse.

If it should be decided, however, that Emigration Officers should be appointed at legalized Ports, a further question would arise as to whether the Consul(s) at those Ports could act as Emigration Officials. On this point, we do not presume to offer an opinion; but if it is decided in the affirmative, it would then be necessary to provide for their remuneration, considering the uncertain and infrequent call for their service.

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TWIN

be for the Foreign Office to decide whether there diplomatic pe

OVE YO

are ནས་་ ེད་ against appointing Consular Offices at the legalized Port(s) rather at Among only Shipp

ཏུ། ཟང་རི་་བརི་འ་རི Paasenger Part from which branch are libly to proceed)

whether it would be more expedient to appoint (in the first instance) an Emigration Officer only in Hong Kong. The latter course would, in effect, be to compel British Shipper(s) engaged in this Trade to proceed to Hong Kong to obtain their papers.

though it might expose the Ship to some delay and expense, and del

cœpense and delay would afford great and obvious facilities for carrying out the Law and preventing abuse.

If it should be decided, however, that Emigration Officers should be appointed at legalized Ports, a further question would arise as to whether the Consul(s) at those Ports could act as Emigration Officials. On this point, we do not presume to offer an opinion; but if it is decided in the affirmative, it would then be necessary to provide for their remuneration, considering the uncertain and infrequent call for their service.

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be for the Foreign Office to decide whether there diplomatic pe

OVE YO

are ནས་་ ེད་ against appointing Consular Offices at the legalized Port(s) rather at Among only Shipp

ཏུ། ཟང་རི་་བརི་འ་རི Paasenger Part from which branch are libly to proceed)

whether it would be more expedient to appoint (in the first instance) an Emigration Officer only in Hong Kong. The latter course would, in effect, be to compel British Shipper(s) engaged in this Trade to proceed to Hong Kong to obtain their papers.

though it might expose the Ship to some delay and expense, and del

cœpense and delay would afford great and obvious facilities for carrying out the Law and preventing abuse.

If it should be decided, however, that Emigration Officers should be appointed at legalized Ports, a further question would arise as to whether the Consul(s) at those Ports could act as Emigration Officials. On this point, we do not presume to offer an opinion; but if it is decided in the affirmative, it would then be necessary to provide for their remuneration, considering the uncertain and infrequent call for their service.

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