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Emigration papers or bouds shall be forfeited to the use of Her Majesty. Your Excellency is aware that this

en published

act has

never been published in

are aware.

the Colony of Honghong, you are

that the Colonial Government takes

no

ne notice of such passenger ships despatches from Houghong, further than to give through the Government Surveyor a report, stating the number of passengers, which a ship is legally authorized to carry.

The Sammel Willetts was on the berth for adelaide for nearly 3 Months, during which time applications

were made to the local

authorities for such certificates as be requires for passenger ships leaving for the bolonies, but we were

may

answered that there existed no

law;

which compelled the Government

to take

any notice of such ships beyond the compliance with the harbor regulations.

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Иго

Could

Your Excellency will therefore. doubt be satisfied that nothing. be done by us, as Agents of the ship by the Captain

wor

Captain to meet the new law;

and in order to

cut now the

to prevent

seizure of the ship at Adelaide under this law, we pray your livetbency that you will furnish us with such

will satisfy

documents as will ss.

the

Government of Adelaide that the Fannel Willett's could not have left

ided with the documents,

here provided

which the New Law requires,

and

that she could not hence, be