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Gavannah. Du the present case the story told

by

Je line is open

toso much suspicion and in so Evidently framed to e

excuse

himself and to conciliate the Equsul, that not much weight

any of it

can be attributed to any statement. Otherwise itunght he neerpary to pouchout that the

inducement is said to have hele hild out by a native, and that

there is no suggestion that he had

leceived any

instruction or

authority for it pour the

Europeans connected with the

transaction.

that hative

umployed me the collection of

Emigranti would hold out

The

the inducement which they thought. most likely

to be succpful, with=

=out any great scruples as to

its truth, it would be idle to

doubt. But it was to meet such

cases that the thinese Papenfer Act requires the Engation Officer to satisfy

himmerty, before givin

his clearance, that the Eungiant know whither and under

conditions they

ari

what

Emigrative.

qui=

And if ther provision were carras out it would protect Emigranti against being induced to sui = =pate by false representations.

4. Su the Foreign Affice letter of 7th of October is enclosed a

despatch