CO129-121 - Sir MacDonnell - 1867 [3-4] — Page 353

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To be laboring under the impression that this Government has not treated him properly. With respect to myself, he has stated that at my visit with the Dutch Consul, my Interpreter asked questions of the Passengers which led to their refusal to proceed, such as, "So you wish to be sold as hip..."

This is a term used in connection with Coolies despatched from Macao. This statement is not correct. The Interpreter who accompanied me had been but a short time in the employ of the Government; he had been strongly recommended to me by the Head Master of the Central School and could have no interest in asking any question, but those I desired him to put.

In the matter of the Collection of the emigrants, I am of opinion M. Lobscheid had nothing to do with those that were fraudulently obtained and who were never embarked, but I do think M. Lobscheid's time is so fully occupied in other matters that he is unable to keep that supervision over the doings of his Chinese Collectors he should necessarily do.

By Baron Bentinck's despatch, it appears the Netherlands Government have been informed that this Government gave orders that prevented the despatch to...

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To be laboring under the impression that this Government has not treated him properly. With respect to myself, he has stated that at my visit with the Dutch Consul, my Interpreter asked questions of the Passengers which led to their refusal to proceed, such as, "So you wish to be sold as hip..." This is a term used in connection with Coolies despatched from Macao. This statement is not correct. The Interpreter who accompanied me had been but a short time in the employ of the Government; he had been strongly recommended to me by the Head Master of the Central School and could have no interest in asking any question, but those I desired him to put. In the matter of the Collection of the emigrants, I am of opinion M. Lobscheid had nothing to do with those that were fraudulently obtained and who were never embarked, but I do think M. Lobscheid's time is so fully occupied in other matters that he is unable to keep that supervision over the doings of his Chinese Collectors he should necessarily do. By Baron Bentinck's despatch, it appears the Netherlands Government have been informed that this Government gave orders that prevented the despatch to...
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