CO129-128 - Public Offices & Others - 1867 — Page 71

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and that the ithingrucy of ite provision, expecially in regard space, makes it impossible for british ships to compete service with Foreigners.

in this

2. of there is any

there is any consider = zable Emigration from Chinese Ports to the places named, the

Chinese Papengers

doubl

plase

Ach would no

Beilich th

ships

at a

-disadvantage in carrying Sani=

grante compared with Facign

to as

Ships-

Всев я ни

May

remark that

the thinese Papengers Act has

Now

been in operation for

aears, and this is, as

V

12.

is, as fo

faras

I know, the first complaint of

the kind that has been received.

G

It is clear, therefore, that the grievance complained of

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cannot

be great. If, however, the Duke of Buckingham & Chandor should nevertheless think it righth that

it should be dealt with, I wonto point out that in the Chinese

Rafengers Ach case

provide the means `such cases.

By

was taken to

of meeting

section 2. it it

Suarted that the Legislature of

an Ordinance,

Hongkong maysby make regulations respecting thinese bafenger Ships, which are difined to be "every ship earlying " from Hongkong, and every "British ship carrying frome any " Port in china or willime 100.