CO129-105 - Acting Governor Mercer - 1865 [5-7] — Page 305

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Lemanded an

alteration and made that

myself, though the Austin declared

that the Ruglish text would be

considered binding.

The

emigration from China is on

the whole conducted on so limited a

scale, that there is ample

room

for

mae

"gencies. Any agency therefore that is lees extravagant than her Sampson; can be no rival of his, unless he has influence at all. If that be the

Case,

Such

then he will do well not to provoke hostility, else he will be compelled to close his

Agency altogether hostility might disturb his peaceful operations and conjure up all the

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horrors

7

the Coolie trade.

as I have

reason

to

suspect Fur Sampson of

his visits to Loony kong

having, during

and to the Eurigrants not always

used fair means

in his desire.

Grun

down competition, I would advise him in future to act as I have done towards him, in den

to ev

encourage

the

to him unstead

of

other

Fritherto

Chinese to come

going

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any

fiace. the support of

all in

he has had the whom the Chinese flace any confidence, his rivals being only

recruiters for Cube, and Pere, whom

coery man of scuse

shuns.

Siner

the cmancipation of the slaves in Surinam and the formation of

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