CO129-065 - Sir Bowring & Public Offices - 1857 [11-12] — Page 367

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been simfly want of case & panoon the part of mep: Symned to in trusting implicity to the Cooke Brokers, letting the Cooke's be placed on board ship, without themselves personally ascertaining that they had be property obtained. The cookie Brokers

Atrocity & fora are capable of any

C: long time past it is only sqme & that have been withing to employ them. They now declare their intention & give of the business until it can be better regulated. The Brokers refuse serve on the strict tomacuforced by

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is only by having Envigration officers at the ports of lumbarkation that

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remedied, & it be prevented for having

the character of a slave trade. His too late to interfere when Vepels arrive at Hongkong, as by that time the foor victims are

resigned to thin fate & those defendent on them have probably starved. In the absence

of lungnation officus their Concats must in their Consular capacity endeavour to save unfortunate Chinese from being dragged for: third homes & families, & it is with this motive I have acted in the present instance. were To refrain from interfering there were long be a repetition of the lootie Riots. Even now there is some feeking on the subject,

a surmerons Placnds are or

wills, warning people against the

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