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Statement & the Emigration Board about periour collecting humigrants

Koit Caurantie or official Authority founded entirely on hearsay; for although it was made Kuson to him Kit such magpractices wirtel he did not take steps to make himself ucrsonally acquainted with their

anîna a even

even inform

this Government

what he had heard when

a

striec

enquiry into the report could have been instituted.

"he

Mir Sampion ales states "aċ

the time d'porote I knew of Minera

wowe

thereby inferring that

but

subsequent to that date he had gained information that persons other than

Chinese have been similarly engaged.

I respectfully suggest that he be called upon to give up

the

any person or fersons who without the fermission of

this Government

have been employed in the collection of Emigrants. Tus Pumpion does

not

appur

to be

Aualc

The Apisance

of Ordinance 11 of 1857 which commences " From and after the parsing of

with "For

"This Ordinance no ferson shall act

no a passage

Kassage Broker

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m tr

procuring

"fassengers to *, muters such ferion

"shall have obtained

in his

squrance of ignorance

breeuse! And

the law has

transpussed it, for in his letter be states "I'myself opened an offices in