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to effect the desired

object at any

rate for such a

voyage

such

latitudes and commenced at such

a time of if year as that of the

"Duke of Portland".

3 Mr. Labouchere will observe that

discontent

the first appearance of dis.

or mutinous conduct on

the point

of the Sungrants appears to have

arisen from the belief

of

on

the part-

Those last shipped that they had

been cheated by those who had engaged them. It is therefore very

important to learn whether the

did ac

Emigration Officer did

acending

to the terms of the Certificate 98

in Schedule B

of the

· given

Chinese

Passenger Act inspect the Contracts between the Emigrants

and their

intended employers and satisfy

himself that they were reasonable

and that no fraud

in colle

collecting

was

practised

the Emigrants

Under the above circumstances

My Lords would suggest for Mrr

form Labouchere's consideration that

instructions should be given to the Governor of Hong Hong to make the shictest inquiries conceming the circumstances under which thes "Duke of Portland left Hong Kong

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