CO129-147 - Public Offices - 1870 — Page 579

CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案 All

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mentioned that Messrs John Williams

Ho of New Orleans had announced

themselves the Correspondents

Messe Koopmanschaf.

A beginning

made at Canton as

of

has been

the enclosed.

Despatch from Mr Robertion will

show, on terms different in regards from thase

set

somme

down in

the paper obtained by Mr Thornton; the most remarkable particular being the engagement to repatriat

the Coolie at

years.

the end of thrie

Mr Robertson had

wisely been on his guard against

making any

Inc 153

Canton Authorities that might

have embroiled him with the Consul

of

the United States, to whose Knowledge, however, he brought the transaction that he reports.

I withdrew from the

Contract all words that might

i've endence of rither persons.

give

Nationalities

and handed

A

translation of the rest of the last

to Tung tajên who was the Minister charged with the negotiation

Coolie Convention of 1806, and I informed him at the same

of the Cooli

time that I did not feel free

explicit until Ishould have spoken to the Minister of

to be

mre

Communication to the

Canton

the

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