CO129-108 - Public Offices - 1865 — Page 161

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interest in their collection, but I am

perfectly catisfied that no chinamian

can be trusted with such interest and

not recost to practices unhas have

obtained

for

Chinese contract Emigration

so much just opprobrium. This to

avoid this that I am

solized

bresort

to the expensive paraphernalia of

permanent Agencies and staff, and

鄙

of Emigranti

under the sea

wal,

cveresh

and still is forbidden

penalties. But in

Hongkong the matter does not appear

to have received attention and I and

Aware

of no

law or

regulation

on the

:

when

my

тое

expensive

and

lep

attractive method is placed in direct

and unprotected rivalry with the

alluring artifices of the former much give way.

interested Chinee

In 1859

the

the Allied commisionere for

Canton and the Chinese Government of

Authorities were alive to the view

J

the matter, and the unlicenced collection

subject begond the Papage Mokers' ordinance of 1857, which only applies

to the providing of papages.

and

the

"Chinese Papenger det" which places

peat power

in the hand

of

the

Emigration offices - this power however

comes into

useless

operations too late andie

to check the will I am endea=

vouring

to describe

unles

wielded

by an Adept

in the Chinese character

and language, and even then only partially to .

There are at present to my

easury