CO129-166 - Public Offices & Others - 1873 — Page 268

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

but no indentures whatever, with

perfect liberty to the Immigrants

to go back at their own expense

at any

umi

He is sanguin

Mut this wd answer

Mr614

16.1/4

I do

do nut suppon that there and be

varelage

Gen

auz

кой

continuing the argument artho

In Wish. If Cookie excgration

contract cannst

lky C

under

be peed from sorcon's ab- it will have bote and will be abolished in Priters ships and & British Posessions. But

making gives

I think the propese we are

reason to hope that we may reduce the abuse-

small numinum insignificant as compar

with the advantages to the Eumgrant.

Although it may be the law in the United

man who has catered into a

coccing to

States that

contract of therow it sep whenever be dislikes the terms, such law is practically inperseded by

the Chenes Soneties Merough Monisation of the which the "free" migration can be made

semis before the country way

the

rebject to compulsion

steny

Ly

can be fiest

uidentured Goola

whose inventive can

be enforced by law.

Oh Colonies compare mod fainerably with the lenited States in regard to the

there Condition of the Cleisiese insupranto..

is Ibeleir; s

Worre

lawless

& rumnal.

place in the world. Hear the Chunem prader. in San Francisco.

7

eve

266

au

Ex-

have

And although timencan vessels :luded from the Coolie trade "pist been informed fine Wong Kong that it is in American vessels that the to called free comppation & Singapore and sheer Eastern places (which is in many cases pure kidnapping)

kone Cr

is carried on

arthe

ercrowding than woon the

cruelly & over Portuguese apsiver of

It might be will to remind the Prish of this pout & claim his assitance in putting

down the absens commetted

in ducted. Itater shif

Rets

P.S. as to Mekongden's appotion for Clamen Emgration mentioned & the

The Ebden,

I think the

practical diffaulty would be found to be that

will not work for

Ken Cherria

low

ceylo

unless indentured _ I will command wajes

-

hire wears approaching to thon paid to

Whites than

terda

L

Costie's.

Mun

supp

If we remind the Fist as Me Herbert prymus ir mund te prepared with exideme

~ gestel of the facts-beyond the apertions exquction small - when the appeal against the latter's decition is decided, it is probable that orme action may have to be taken sulgent, former or rather wash action will the neceffitated by Public spouse, if the atrocities of the yount system contion. Perhaps it and haully be writh while to initate Mr. Food & the outgut no on an well pupand to report a councatior in some site causy finit action whid my put d

Yearly 3/4773

to the crate complaint is

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