CO129-148 - Public Offices & Others - 1870 — Page 114

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

Legislative of songsong to make the necpary alterations. The only reason he piors for this Spinion is that it is perhaps not expedients for the Legislature of that

to make

that Island

regulations for British

Shipping in borts of the mainland of China.

3.

It is clear that the Govern=

-ment and Parliament of this country did not see any force " in this objection in 1853", when the Ainese Paprugers

Ret sas

papad...

and sam not aware that any thing has since occussed to give countenance tork. On the other hand the more accurate infor- _mation which the Government

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of Stonshong popsesses acto the details of Chinese qegration gives

borious advantage in

there an

dealing with the subpeh. -

4.

It is of course imposible

for the Impérial Carliament to deal at present with Chinese

and as instructions

smigration and on the subject

were soul to

Sir R. McDonnell by Sarl Granville

on the 2nd April last it would

be mexpedient to do so

it were

if it i

popible. _ The only

course as it

seems to me is to await

intelligence of

the measures

adopted bytir R. McDonnell

in

consequence of the instructions

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