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The American Consul at Hong Kong to the Governor's enquiry, that by the Law of the United states contrails assuming disposition. whatever over the personal service or labour of (hinese Emigrants are absolutely roid, the chip objection to this Hind of smigration disappears I would submuch therefore that

no sufficient ground

there appears for interference

n συν

part

beyond what the Chinese

T

defangers Act of 1855. requires,

вырожден

And that it may

be

left to the

United States Government to

lake such measures at it thinks

fil in its own intérests, and

for putting

down

abuses

any

{

7.0.

that maybe found to all and

Chinese smigration to their shores.

G Wettere

res

uspect to ollier Foreign countries where slavery existe, or shere lef

be placed

reliance) cau

on the energy of the Government and its good forling towards Emigrants, and on the activity and humanity of local

public Spinion, the case

different. Looking

it

at the decided

visus expressed

expressed by the Earl of

(larandon) in Mel Ottway's latter

9618-69 of 26th Auguch lash againch Chinen 9518-89.9

6

Emigration from Hongkong b

Forsign Country,

any

Earl

Granville may probably be of

opinion that, except to our

Colonies and to the United Staty, the Governor should be dieseler