CO129-250 - Acting Governor Barker - 1891 [6-8] — Page 184

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C.

D.

they

do so.

do not always

Those vessels that

do work do a o as

rule in order to

OU

reach Woosung Bar

to catch certain

tides and therefore it is important to

lose no time here

lest they

should

be" neaped" at Woosung.

Anything that

will interfere in the smallest degree

with the absolute

freedom of the port as regards

its labın cannot-

to have some

fail

effect, and it seems impossible that the effect

can be other

than

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than bad, especially when the restriction

applies to Chinese.

The Chinese do

not regard Dunday

as

day of rest, and

a d

it is not desirable

to place restrictions

ou some sections of

the comm

mmunity and

noe on the others.

I would

suggest

a compromise that all labour on board deamurs

should be stopped at room

Sunday, but if

such compromise is

possible then the

ourly

course will be to adopt

a

system of Dunday" permits"

force

similar to those in

at the Treaty ports of China. Any Agent

ent or noner un

wishing

Az

t

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