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furnish from time to hine

he

returns of Nepal, clearingont from Hongkong under the Chinese Sapenger Act with any information which it meisee no his power to supply respecting British Vepals taking Papengers another Ports without comply -

with that Act. snig

the have the honor to de

Lis

Your Obedient

MvMundoch Requin Rogen

Kuzuble servanti

M. Mist.

9.

With this report I Circulate the Chinese

Passenger Act and

Also a sketch,

Lome

by Mr. Miller of tie chief Corresp on dence with

the Freyn Office, the Admiralty and the Governor on

the meau

tarken

for

Carrying

itre Act

to be

Jo

与

into effect. The mor

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mortality and the

conflicts which appear frequently to

occur in ships Carrying Chinese

Foreign Ports are deeply

to

luigrants to Foreign Po

to be lamented. It is natural that

An endeavour shared have been mad to cope with the evil, although

it is

qually natural (that it should have been found hard to do eo effectivel where so much of the proceedings läke place entirely beyond thre reach of British Jurisdiation. The truths perhaps

is that all the Authorities concerned

have felt instinctively the difficulty of enforcing extreme penalties for a purely philanthropie end, where there has not been aroused such

force

of public opinion, and has not beer established such a body of Law and unter national. Reaties, as support the Evernment in dealing with the Plave Grade 5.7.8.9 March

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k

18ey

Si. 9. 13. shd h instincted

suggest. S.10.