CO129-143 - Sir MacDonnell - 1870 [1-2] — Page 400

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them as for ite West Indies

or

They

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Peru,

attracted here by the

natural desire to emigrate

The Californian Emigration.

as in

In the absence of proof to the contrary they must be. The eye of the Law

mist be regarded

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all coming

in

voluntarily, whilst, if the employment

of Agents on the Mainland

The Mainland be contrary

to Chinese Law there is

as

no

means

of

eertaining here that such Agents had been employed. On the other hand, if

the British Government sectie.

Imigrante

for the West Indies, and employs such

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certain degree, therefore, Foreigners do

enjoy in this Colony a freedom of action and a license in proensing Puigrants, of which the thajesty's Government deprived from its deference to Chinese Rules, whilst the principal benefit of auch deference

almost entirely reaped

by the Coolie Brokers at Macas.

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The

protection extended to all such himigrant-

is such

ао

to render the existence of

any great abuses almost impossible - under the system established here, which

is a self rectifying system, as already

Agents to pro

cureng

them, it would be

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July explained in

a

mnuu

sham to ignore such breach

of Chinese Law by ourselves.

Go

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мир

my

despatch No. 748, and

748 which, as I have always contended - so Fox 40

To - "Elong as the Port of Macas remain