CO129-132 - Sir MacDonnell - 1868 [8-9] — Page 90

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enjay here whether

om

shore

board.

ship. where a Policeman is always on duty to receive complaints. In fact if a Coolie be reluctant either to emburk or

d to

to proceed

the West Indies after he has contructed,

and if he cannot on does not under all

the circumstances make his wishes known,

The must be a

exceptional sort of a fool. very und destitute of the ingenuity and addrefs which most epentially characterises all

of Chinese.

8:

claffes

In the face of these fits the Exliter

of the China Mail chcases both to

to hint in various

are

ways

apert

and

that no precautions

tatten to prevent a reluctant Coolie hom

being shipped against his will. Now it

is

منذ

impapible to reply to

an untruth except

No: 543 9556

by saying

it is untrue, and it is also

in a

impopible

free country to stop the

publication of that

any number of

untruths. In

on

my despatch of the Gt July last I have wḥready shewn that the bhina Micil's statements in reference to

the Emigrants per the "Marie therese"

can now

were

only

CM-

quite unfounded, and I can repeat that fimilar statements, which represent the Goverment supervision of Imigration here as being ineffective

carried out with

a

any laxity, where there under the law of the bolony, are statements wholly destitute of truth.

a remedy

9. Your Grace will therefore understand

that

caw

is

scarcely meet such statemento

otherwise than by saying

علا من

matter.

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