CO129-138 - Sir MacDonnell - 1869 [6-7] — Page 509

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I am transmitting to Sir Rutherford Alcock, Hark of the Emigration Rules recently published here, and my despatch No. 748 explaining those Rules to your Lordship. I propose at the same time to forward to him M. Pannéef's opinion. We would thus be made aware of the risk incurred of his views being misapprehended on an important point.

16. I may add that, whilst on general grounds I am opposed to the policy by which Her Majesty's Government should admit the necessity for adopting the restrictions which Prince Kung proposes because of abuses at Macao, I should also feel disappointed if I were to lose the opportunity of testing the practical value of the Rules and principles by which I propose working Emigration under contract of service. I would also finally point out that whilst Sir Rutherford Alcock advocates the various prohibitions of Emigration detailed in Prince Kung's letter to Mr. Wade, No. 69, he also admits that the efforts of the Chinese Government can avail for maintaining those prohibitions unless they be enforced at Macao and Hongkong.

17. I quite agree with that opinion, but it is clear that Her Majesty's Government and Prince Kung are powerless to enforce those prohibitions at Macao, and if so...


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I am transmitting to Sir Rutherford Alcock, Hark of the Emigration Rules recently published here, and my despatch No. 748 explaining those Rules to your Lordship. I propose at the same time to forward to him M. Pannéef's opinion. We would thus be made aware of the risk incurred of his views being misapprehended on an important point. 16. I may add that, whilst on general grounds I am opposed to the policy by which Her Majesty's Government should admit the necessity for adopting the restrictions which Prince Kung proposes because of abuses at Macao, I should also feel disappointed if I were to lose the opportunity of testing the practical value of the Rules and principles by which I propose working Emigration under contract of service. I would also finally point out that whilst Sir Rutherford Alcock advocates the various prohibitions of Emigration detailed in Prince Kung's letter to Mr. Wade, No. 69, he also admits that the efforts of the Chinese Government can avail for maintaining those prohibitions unless they be enforced at Macao and Hongkong. 17. I quite agree with that opinion, but it is clear that Her Majesty's Government and Prince Kung are powerless to enforce those prohibitions at Macao, and if so... Page 505 has been corrected to Page 505 ... the above is the corrected HTML output, with proper paragraph separation and minor corrections for spelling and spacing.
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