CO129-231 - Acting Governor Marsh - 1887 [1-3] — Page 313

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remedy of the dwellings

of the people, should be observed

in this Colony.


Before applying to

any policy that has

been found practicable abroad,

it will be considered,

however, whether the circumstances

of this Colony

are not totally

different from those of any

English Municipality, whose

example

we may

wish to follow.


To stop the Chinese

immigrants flocking from the

mainland in large numbers,

and there are

not enough

dwellings

for them. The City

is said to be overflowing,

and hundreds sleep in the

streets. I do not know

how this

is to be checked.

The wages of

the lower classes

in this Colony, sometimes

more than $2.50 a month;

they

are still

lower in the

adjacent Provinces of China.

The higher

wages

and

the

relative mildness of the laws

of this Colony

consequently

attract

a large number of

extremely poor who

cannot afford to dwell except

crowded together in rooms.

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remedy of the dwellings of the people, should be observed in this Colony. Before applying to any policy that has been found practicable abroad, it will be considered, however, whether the circumstances of this Colony are not totally different from those of any English Municipality, whose example we may wish to follow. To stop the Chinese immigrants flocking from the mainland in large numbers, and there are not enough dwellings for them. The City is said to be overflowing, and hundreds sleep in the streets. I do not know how this is to be checked. The wages of the lower classes in this Colony, sometimes more than $2.50 a month; they are still lower in the adjacent Provinces of China. The higher wages and the relative mildness of the laws of this Colony consequently attract a large number of extremely poor who cannot afford to dwell except crowded together in rooms. Page 308
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the people, should be observed

this Colorry.

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Before applying to

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nd practicable ab

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it wrist be considered,

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however, whether the circumstances

of this Colony

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Englisio Municipality, whose

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to follow.

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be vished

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how this

is to be checked.

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the lower classes

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more than $2.50 a moush;

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adjacent Provinces of China.

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relative milinces of the laws

of this Colony

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etrennidly poor who

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crounded together in roove.

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