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oficion of the Law Officers of
the Crown on certaine pacit connected with Chinese unigration, together with are extrack oper Drspatch from the Consul at Amoy respecting the authority, to which consule are to be res =
-ponsible in their capacity of
Eucigration Officers, and their rememeration for performing the duties.
their
6. The Law Officers give opiccion_first_that it is illegal and contrary to the Chinese Papenger Act to collect Coolins at one Fort and ship them on an Emigration voyage (encaning we presume a voyage exerrding
Seven
leven days) at another. 2d that British subjects are hound to
obey the Lawful authoritire of thind in respect to trading in
with Coolers, and 3rd that it
or
is
illegal and criminal toerize
and detain thinese (golies or any
other persons against their will. Lord Malmesbury announces his sitecction of mistructing the Consuls mi China ni conformiti with this opinion, if fir { Bulwer Lytton should concur in propriety of doingto- the are not
in the
aware of any found on which tir. E. Bulwer Leptton should dipent frame
that course. -
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