CO129-169 - Others - 1874 — Page 214

at defiance has

any

passed attempt to renew it will entail

the loss of Macao. Never, since the expulsion of the Chinese

in 1849, has language such

as this been held to a

any

Govt of that settlement, & it indicates pretty plainly The Temper of the Chinese government & that it is beginning to feel its strength

& has determined to treat

The Macao

ques

tion

on a

very

different basis from heretofore.

is commonly known at Macao & the withdrawal of the 212 licences is attributed to it although nothing official has appeared.

as far

as the Coolie Cagents

are concerned, they are, with the exception of one form, Garcia y Garcia, still at macas & expecting to

recommence business again,

but under what terms I have

nor

yet

discovered. The

general opinion in

the

settlement however is that

That a desp. was re

rec?

zwom

the Viceroy by the Goo? the subject of these Inns

on

emigration cannot

до

unless the Inns, or some

establishment