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the substance of the Act of Parliament, which appears to the Commissioners of Emigration to be requisite for carrying

suggestions into effect.

their sug

I have also to enclose a copy of

April 17, 1885

May 5, 1855

Report from the Law Officers of the Crown upon the subject of the proposed regulations and Act of Parliament, together with the Copy of a letter from the Colonial Office enclosing

a further Report from the Commissioners of Emigration, suggesting that, in addition to the forfeiture of the Vessel for serious infractions of the proposed Law, the infliction of

Fines should also be authorized, such Fines to be proportioned to the magnitude of the offence committed

And I am to request that, with reference to the Report of the Law Officers of the Crown, of which a copy was enclosed in my letter of the 5th of February last, and in which it was stated that an Act of the Imperial Legislature would be necessary to carry out the object in view, you will move the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade to cause a Bill, for checking the abuses practised in the Emigration of Coolies from China, to be prepared with as little delay as possible, in conformity with the Heads of Regulations contained in the Report of the Commissioners of Emigration of the 23rd of February last, embodying also the suggestion respecting Fines which is contained in their further Report