CO129-122 - Sir MacDonnell - 1867 [5-6] — Page 320

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at Betting on the d. th March 186 with the Chinese Government as to the conduct of Emigration from Chinese Ports, favored me at the same time with a copy of a despatch from Orive. Kung in which that functionary speaks of the proceedings at Marne in terms quite as condemnatory Chief Justice and Mr. Whittall.

of Course as those used by the that convention however does not apply to Hong Kong, nor could it be applied here, as it contemplates the procurement of Coolie laborers only through Agencies at the free Ports and under conditions sanctioned, both by the native Authorities and Her Majesty's Consuls

It might nevertheless be matter of consideration for Her Majesty's Government whether this Legislature should not prohibit any Emigration hence of Chinese unliving entering into Contracts for hired service on conditions similar to than imposed by that convention for Emigrants from the Treaty Ports of China.

If Mr Whittall and the Chief Justice had made this the prayer of their Memorial they would have raised a point in favor of which much might have been said, when as at present they ask me to go beyond the wishes of the Chinese Authorities, and prohibit altogether any Emigration for hired services.

For myself, I think it premature to insist on Hong Kong on every contract for hired labor containing the ...

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at Betting on the d. th March 186 with the Chinese Government as to the conduct of Emigration from Chinese Ports, favored me at the same time with a copy of a despatch from Orive. Kung in which that functionary speaks of the proceedings at Marne in terms quite as condemnatory Chief Justice and Mr. Whittall. of Course as those used by the that convention however does not apply to Hong Kong, nor could it be applied here, as it contemplates the procurement of Coolie laborers only through Agencies at the free Ports and under conditions sanctioned, both by the native Authorities and Her Majesty's Consuls It might nevertheless be matter of consideration for Her Majesty's Government whether this Legislature should not prohibit any Emigration hence of Chinese unliving entering into Contracts for hired service on conditions similar to than imposed by that convention for Emigrants from the Treaty Ports of China. If Mr Whittall and the Chief Justice had made this the prayer of their Memorial they would have raised a point in favor of which much might have been said, when as at present they ask me to go beyond the wishes of the Chinese Authorities, and prohibit altogether any Emigration for hired services. For myself, I think it premature to insist on Hong Kong on every contract for hired labor containing the ... EX.
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whether this Legislature should not prohibit any Emigration hence of Chinese

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