CO129-148 - Public Offices & Others - 1870 — Page 77

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JP.

not under conticeld of cervice,

водо

on to

any

Foreign Country.

This question has affurite an additional importance from

the

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Hit large (hinese smigrate one which 3706 70. has recently sprung up from

Stong Kong to the United States.

In the Each two years it amount-

Ed 18 no

lap

than 24.274 persons.

these people proceeded to San=

Francisco, and were not under

fearvie

contracts of service. Rich the Governor in his despatch of 200

875 3706770

two Ameri=

Tabry last reports theat towards

the end of

sean

lach

Year

grutlemen, Kress Gift and

Williams, acting as agsuts for arkancas & Louisiana respretively

submitted to him forme of Contracts

7.6.

on

which they desired to sugage

their acspective

Chinese laborers.

for

States. These contracts through

objectionable in withholding a

large portion (in one

form of contract hath and in the ther

aquarter) of the

and

of

wage

until the

the term of service, were

in other respects fair monghe. Sir Richard however, acting

σκ

the instruction he had recsutly

11001 og verived from Carl Granville,

any

informed M. Gibbs that he had no authority to cauction mmigration under contract exagit

to British Arsch India Colonies. But this announcement did. roh put an end to the smigration; for such is the demand in the