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or

official authority. At the time that

I veroli I knew of more but Chinese,

but personally

and they

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but I can

unknown to me;

ordinance or

find

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regulation requiring any sandlion to the engagement of official emigrants by others; indeed I myself opened an Office in Hengthong without any guarantee being asked for, any official authority granted, questions whatever assted.

or any

2. The three houses alluded to

were situated in that pars of stengsing

Known as

noow. I think my

Syingfroom.

staternent as to the destination of the

people

Can C

scarcely

be construed into

a "conclusion" that they

were destined.

for Cuba and Perw; I wrote of it as

"probable" that they

were intended from

Macao; and, except that I knew fromv

observations made at and near

office that brokers for the Macas

were numerous

depots

Stongstong,

I had

and bold in

for chinking.

no reasowy

it probable ocher than thas I

gave, namely that when large numbers of coolis

are to be sent to the Straits succlemento,

ships and ports not British are Jerefened, because of the restrictions of the Chinese

passenger Act. I may

however, that I

add now,

learned

subsequenity

that two Chinese Junks did, shortly afterwards, taste from stongsong for the Straits a number of coolis so

largo