CO129-105 - Acting Governor Mercer - 1865 [5-7] — Page 241

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wrong, was bound to have adopted.

ли баширать

seems to admit

that the Chinese Passenger Act is strictly carried out in tonations, but states that the check on the number spassengers imposed by that act cancer" the tears of Straits "Emigrants to go from Ports and in "Ships not British" If this be as Houshow is not responsible for the Chinese Emigrants thus alluded to are not residents of Stonations, to not leave Houstons for their bestination, and it in Stoulkong at all are not

by

any possibility to be bistinquished from the suncions visitants to this Sity, of whom

one of the baily

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Steamers from Canton has been known

two thousand at a single

to

carry

trip.

To say that because some one has been temporarily in Hongkong and chooses entrequently to go chewhere and thence to the Straits (a Pritish Settlement) such an one or some one his behalf has cause of complaint againat Houghtong (whitter for benefite conferred or wrong sustained dres not appear) is a course of argument which I fail to understand -

On the Tahiti question I have procured all the explanation possible, 'ands shall only say

that

as

to Mr

Sampson's interview with Wohang

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