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LIST OF PASSENGERS,-Continued.

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MINUTE BY ACTING COLONIAL SECRETARY.

FREDERICK STEWART,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

MINUTE BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR.

I should be glad if the Acting Colonial Secretary, the Acting Registrar General, and Dr. EITEL would examine this list and question a sufficient number of the proposed emigrants to enable them to determine whether they are really free emigrants and under no contract of service whatever.

J. POPE HENNESSY.

25th April, 1881.

Male. No. Names and Surnames
of
Passengers. Fe-
male. Profession, Occupation,
or Calling of Passenger. Native Place, Village
and District. Age. Age. Port at which the Passengers have Contracted
to Land. Whether Free
or Hired Emigrants. Ticket. 777 Ching Kit, Tin Miner, of Heong Shan, 18 Sydney, Free. 778 Ching Fook, 33 779 Ching Foon, "" 780 Chin Lau, 21 781 Jue Shun, 782 Young Ng, 15 783 Ching Ting, 19 784 See Zee, 25 785 Ching Yun, 19 786 Sen Tat, 30 787 Sen Chew, 789 Seu Bing, 25 789 Seu Hing, 790 Seu Kwoon, 35 791 Seu Hong, 792 Seu Chek, 793 *Sen Chun, 794 Ning Man, 795 Ning Sam, 796 Ning Kum, 797 Wong Toug, 798 Chow Chui, 799 Loo Tsoy, 800 Soe See, 801 Soe Troy, 802 Choy Ching, 803 Choy Kow, 804 Choy Wing, 805 Jue Ping, 806 Jue Chick, 807 Jue Lim, 808 Jue Wing, 809 Jue Cheong, 810 Jue Shing, Gold Digger, of Sun Ning, 27 Melbourne, Free. Woy Loong, of Ko Yü, 23 Leong To, of Heong Shan, 36 Sydney, Choy Shing Tack, Cook, Yip Toong Poo, Cooktown, Tack, Yip Toong Poo, Yun Show, Liu Kee, Yip Yune, Choy Lok, Ching Yow, Lau Wang, Lau Yune, Cheong Chan, Ching Lai, Luü How, Ching Kee, Lou Chow, Chung Check, Wong Chun, Chay Ting, Chew Shing, Lou Yun, Soe Yin, Lou Cheong, Mok Mooi, Mok Kut, Chung Pie, Tam Chung, Tam Tim, Shew Kum, Tick Chee, Lee Yü, Chun Wah, Ching Sam, Yune Chun, Cheong Wong, Chung Hoy, Sydney, Male. Fe-male. .163 6 Total, .841 (Signed) C. S. LEWIS.

EXTRACT FROM REPORT BY THE ACTING COLONIAL SECRETARY AND
ACTING REGISTRAR GENERAL.

In compliance with His Excellency's instructions conveyed in his Minute of the 25th instant, the Acting Colonial Secretary and the Acting Registrar General met this morning, at 9 o'clock, at the Harbour Office, as arranged yesterday with the Emigration Officer.

When the Emigration Officer had satisfied himself, we asked such questions as we thought necessary. In this way, we examined ten men, occupying two hours in so doing. We annex notes of the evidence, from which we satisfied ourselves that, if the emigrants were not free and under no contract of service, it would be impossible for us to show that they were not. Under these circumstances, we thought we had sufficiently carried out our instructions, and were preparing to leave, when His Excellency's Minute of the 26th instant was received. This was shown to the Emigration Officer, who was also informed that it would be communicated to him in the usual official way.

FREDERICK STEWART,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

JOHN GERRARD,

Acting Registrar General.

Hongkong, 26th April, 1881.

NOTES OF EVIDENCE TAKEN AT AN EXAMINATION OF EMIGRANTS
ON THE 26TH APRIL, 1881.

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LAM CHIU-SAM (No. 657).---I am a gardener. I am going to Cooktown. I have paid my own passage; $32. No relatives with me.

I have been a gardener in Shek-k'i. I have got no assistance from any one with my passage money.

It is my own savings. I have never been abroad before. I have been in Hongkong 17 days, living in the "Tin-i-tong." I have paid 50 cents for board.

I had about 26 taels when I left Shek-ki. I have been at Shek-k'i from my birth. I earned about $3 a month. I am married and have two children.

WONG A-CHAN (No. 712).-My uncle wants me to go to Sydney. He lives there. I paid my own passage: that is, my mother gave me the money. I am going with a brother. There are four of us going from Pák-shek. This is the first time I have been abroad. I have to return no portion of my earnings to any one for my passage. I will send money to my mother. My uncle is a coolie in the On-cheung Hong in Sydney. I am going to dig gold. I was a coolie in a cuttle-fish shop in Pák-shek. I earned a dollar a month. I brought $45 with me to Hongkong. I have been 5 days here. I lived in the "I-on," Praya West, with friends. I paid nothing. I paid $42 for my passage to Sydney.