CO129-237 - Governor Des Voeus Acting Governor Stewart - 1888 [1-6] — Page 425

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He then forwarded a petition signed by the applicant in person, but with a

a cor

covering letter from himself. The applicant, a Chinese, was __ thereupon informed directly that the application should have come

through the Registrar-General, in

accordance with a well- Known rule which has_ been laid down by the Secretary of State, and of which persone like Mr. Eweno,

are

are

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continually endeavouring

to promote the evasion.

9.

In taking this course

I desired to make it clear

to the Chinese that by

Can

obeying this rule they obtain consideration from the Government without the - payment of large fees to _ intermediaries; and the fast that the notice forbidding

vicarious communications tends to this end is, I do

not doubt, the

Paulse-

of mṛ Ewens

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