CO129-168 - Sir Kennedy - 1874 [9-12] — Page 186

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Law invested me with a discretion to withhold Licenses from any Passenger Shipps, and that I would certainly excercise it in refersing a licursed to

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amy

Peruvian Ship to

Coolice to Peru,

Earry elsewhere;

and foretia

factic that it

was

not

improbable that the permision

to

Coolies

carry a number of not exceeding tevenly, would be rescinded if I should have

reasar to think it was

abused, which I feared

the case

aving

to the great

demand and high price paid for contract or

other Coolies in

Peru:

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I finally inforced Mr

S

Elmore that

my

now

personal

feeling would induced me to

hecamm end

any

measure calculated

I do,

to drive the Coolie Trade from Alongtong, entertaining, an a forew belief, that under peoliativer guine

it would bring grise

in

If corruption and demoralization

its train. I painted out that the proposed Treaty (ifratified) would open all the Ports in China to Peruvian Thips,

which would obviate the

recepity of having recoused to the Harbor of Gongtong

to