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Subjects, & it is of the greatest importance to them that they should be able to obtain Labovers from China & British India.
About 1000 Chinese have been
boo. sent during the last 2 years,
of
the m
loeated
by
a tessel of my own from these people have been on the Estates in Suriname,
and I have
every
reason to believe
are well satisfied with their Change of Country .
My attention has lately been drawn to a notice in the newspapers that in Consequence of representation made to you relative to the treatment of Chinese laborer... sent to Peru, & other Foreign Countries, that you had been induced to send out instructions
to St. E. the Governor of Hongkong to prevent immigration from any but British
that bort to
Colonies
Colonies.
Strust that this is not the case,
you
u will take
or if so, that the earliest opportunity of Cancelling suck Orders as far
they extend to Dutch Guiana, as it will seriously interfere with the arrangements made for the transmission of immigrants. the next month, & March from that Port.
Further I beg respectfully, to inquire whether the application from the Dutch fort to be a
allowed to
engage immissants for Surinam from Calcutta,
or other parts of British Judir. France H.M.
on the same terms as
has been considered by H. M. Sort
& whether consent has been ~
given or otherwise
Я четкий Яс
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(52) J. H. Laxdale
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