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Chinese to suba and other places - their interest in this part of the Treatiz is therefore

ours.

much

Mr. Wade also

иер

than

alf that

suggests

a clause should be insisted in the

propoerd modification of the tiraty authorizing the (hinese Government

to station agents in the Colonies to which Chinese smigrate, or to send such agents to those colonies from trive to time to report on the con=

the Emigrants . To the

-dition

of

latter course there could be no

reasonable objection. On a former

occasion, when a similar scheme

was

proposed,

Jul

reported in

favour of it. The stationing

permanent Agrils in the polonise

C

would be more open to question.

There would be a

risk', unless there

were men of discretion, of their becoming centres of intrigue and

the immigrants-

disorder am

and

An

among

of the inimigrants imbibing

well

imprepion that the agsult superior to the Colonial authorities

in matters relating to themsclose-

This would be

a

serious soil-

whereas the visits of Agents

appointed from time

could

have the

marc

do

harm

to time

but would

good offset of making

generally know.

(hind the advant

advantages

which

Emigration to the British Colonies

oppers to well conducted industrious