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12.

with the conditions of the Act.

a

mere

cloak to entice

away

was

Emigrants to a life of Slavery, the

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guarantees for the "bona fides" of the transaction, yet the permission to

load coolies here

was

not

granted

Emigration Officer would ineur

a

grave

I

responsibility in withholding his certificate, till fresh Legislation, such

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is nav

contemplated, shall have

I sandtioned such a proceeding, when

based on previous instructions from the Secretary of State.

14.

Nevertheless, in the

Case

of the

Belgian Ship "Frederic referred to by

M. Murdoch, although the contracts M. Mudich

were

to

Air G. Ro

"fair" in their terms within the wild a

meaning of the Act and the Peruvian

contractas

were persons of such position

and character

as to afford unusual

Enclosure in

S.S. to Gat

ne

Nide

until it had been ascertained from

tid. Con to this Excellency The Governor of tharas

SA, NJ

s. s. no 207 of

25-ch

man. 1869. that he had received) official assurance

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8025 - 69 of the fabity of certain rumors

concerning

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the branding of coolies in Peru, which had induced him

temporarily to suspend the Emigration from Macao to that Comtry, but which prohibition he had withdrawn.

18.

With reference to M. Kropina

shafts scheme mentioned in Mr

Mr Thornton Thornton's despatches, the United

Earl of Clarendon 16. No:

1869.

7. Ce 72990

States Consert long since reported to

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that

an

Act of Congress had)

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