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I shall, I trust, be able to remove the misapprehension which exists on this subject, and to satisfy Your Lordships that Lord Granville's instructions have been strictly observed, but in order to do this I must refer to what has taken place in prior years before my assumption of this Government.
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Vide despatch of 19 Oct. 1869.
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It appears that in 1869 Lord Granville, while approving of certain Rules which had been framed by Sir Richard MacDonnell for the regulation of Emigration of Coolies under Contract for Service, expressed his opinion that "Emigration from Hongkong should be confined to British Colonies."
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This opinion was in accordance with the views of Lord Clarendon, as given in Mr. Olway's letter of 25 August, which formed an Enclosure in the despatch referred to. It is important to observe, however, that Lord Clarendon, in supporting the opinion of the Emigration Commissioners advising that Emigration to British Colonies alone should be sanctioned, must also have referred to...
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