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Proceedings which had taken place recently in the Police Court at Hongkong, which proved, it was alleged, that emigrants shipped from Hongkong without "official supervision or enquiry of any description." And that the duties of the Officer of the Emigration were held to consist in going on board the ship shortly before her departure and reading over to the emigrants a copy of the contract which they had signed.

In transmitting Senhor L. Be Fernandez's report to the Colonial Office, I called attention to the remarks of the Editor of a paper, and suggested that the Governor of Hongkong should be requested to report on the subject. I did so, not from believing that the remarks of the Editor could be well-founded, but only that silence on the subject might not be construed into acquiescence or indifference.

19th June last, a dispatch, No. 343, on the subject has been received from Sir R. MacDonnell, enclosing a report from the Emigration Agent, Mr. Thomas Hall, in answer to comments which had been made on the Hongkong Emigration in a letter to the Foreign Office from the Consul.

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Proceedings which had taken place recently in the Police Court at Hongkong, which proved, it was alleged, that emigrants shipped from Hongkong without "official supervision or enquiry of any description." And that the duties of the Officer of the Emigration were held to consist in going on board the ship shortly before her departure and reading over to the emigrants a copy of the contract which they had signed. In transmitting Senhor L. Be Fernandez's report to the Colonial Office, I called attention to the remarks of the Editor of a paper, and suggested that the Governor of Hongkong should be requested to report on the subject. I did so, not from believing that the remarks of the Editor could be well-founded, but only that silence on the subject might not be construed into acquiescence or indifference. 19th June last, a dispatch, No. 343, on the subject has been received from Sir R. MacDonnell, enclosing a report from the Emigration Agent, Mr. Thomas Hall, in answer to comments which had been made on the Hongkong Emigration in a letter to the Foreign Office from the Consul.
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proceedings which had taken

place recently in the Police Court

at

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Hongkong, which proved, it

were

alleged, that emigrants shipped from Hongkong without

" official supervision

enquiry

of any description. Whatever =" and

that the duties

fficer

of the Emigration

were held to consist in

going on board the chip shortly

before her departure and reading,

over to the emigrants

a copy of

the contract which they had signed. – In transmitting Senhor

L& Be

Fernandez report to the Colonial 6537 Office I called attention to the

remarks of the Editor paper, and

f

Nie

uggested that the

Le Bo

727

Governor of Shongkong should be requested to report on the subject.

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the remarks

be well

of the Editor could

founded,

but

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theat

silence on the subjech might not

be construed into acquiesemnal

Ayr

indifference .

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19th

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1537 dispatch

343

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on the subject has

Sir R. M... Donnell,

been received fromo

from Air &

Enclosing a report from the Emigration Agrich, the. Thomsell,

in answer to comments which had been made on the Hongkong

Emigration in a letter to the Foreign Office from the Concel

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