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considered the scheme submitted for his opinion, he doubts whether there would be any chance of inducing the Chinese government to agree to a convention for carrying it out.

The Treaty between Peru and China, which is referred to in your letter as evidence of their readiness to entertain proposals and to join in arrangements for encouraging the emigration of surplus labouring population, does no more than "recognize the right of man to change his home", stipulates that the subjects of both countries shall only emigrate with voluntary consent, and other than an entirely free and voluntary emigration, reprobates any.

Sir D. Brooke Robertson, it is true, has expressed his opinion that emigration under conditions of securing repatriation at an early date upon the terms laid down in the convention of 1866, or by the better and cheaper plan of yearly despatching a vessel to China with returning emigrants, would obtain the support of the Chinese government, but his remarks must be taken as applying rather to the provincial government with which he comes in contact than to the Imperial government at Peking with whom a convention would have to be negotiated.

When Mr Wade was last in communication with the yamên on the subject with reference to the establishment of an Emigration Agency at Swatow, he found the ministers unwilling to do anything to facilitate

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considered the scheme submitted for his opinion, he doubts whether there would be any chance of inducing the Chinese government to agree to a convention for carrying it out. The Treaty between Peru and China, which is referred to in your letter as evidence of their readiness to entertain proposals and to join in arrangements for encouraging the emigration of surplus labouring population, does no more than "recognize the right of man to change his home", stipulates that the subjects of both countries shall only emigrate with voluntary consent, and other than an entirely free and voluntary emigration, reprobates any. Sir D. Brooke Robertson, it is true, has expressed his opinion that emigration under conditions of securing repatriation at an early date upon the terms laid down in the convention of 1866, or by the better and cheaper plan of yearly despatching a vessel to China with returning emigrants, would obtain the support of the Chinese government, but his remarks must be taken as applying rather to the provincial government with which he comes in contact than to the Imperial government at Peking with whom a convention would have to be negotiated. When Mr Wade was last in communication with the yamên on the subject with reference to the establishment of an Emigration Agency at Swatow, he found the ministers unwilling to do anything to facilitate
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considered the scheme submitted for his opinion, he doubts whether there would

be

any

chance of inducing the Chinese

government to agree

to a fouvention for

Carrying

it out.

The

Treaty

between Pern and

letter

frina, which is referred to in your

ما

as evidence of their readiness Entertain proposals and to join in arrangements

their for Encouraging the Emigration of Surplus labouring population, does no more than

"recognize

the right of man to change "his home", stipulates that the subjects

both countries shall only Emigrate with

voluntary Consent, and other than an

their free and

reprobates any Voluntary Emigration.

Entirely

Sir D. Brooke

+

Robertson

Robertson, it is true,

Expressed

220

true has opinion that sumigration under conditions

of

securing repatriation at an early date upon the terms laid down in the convention 1866, or by the better and cheaper plan

a Vessel to China of yearly despatching

with returning emigrants, would obtaine the Support of the Chinese fovernment, but

his remarks uust be taken as

applying rather to the Provincial government with which he comes in contact than to the Imperial government at Peking with whom a fonvention would have to be negotiated.

When I? Wade was last in

the

Communication with the

yamên

subject with reference to the Extablishment of an Imigration Agency at fautou, he found the Eministers unwilling

to do

До

anything to

facilitate

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