CO129-263 - Acting Governor Barker Governor Sir Robinson - 1894 [5-8] — Page 237

a

be

day, 4/2 days ought to

calculated

as the time.

-ordinarily occupied on the

This

to consult

234

on the propriety

of taking coolies to Madras-

stock.

voyage.

be

reasonable

argument would be enough if Messrs.

Jardine Matheson & Co. had

the

monopoly of the trade.

or if the only rivals to their

were full powered

Vessels

or mail steamers, but if

a

paying passenger trade is started,

tramps of the worst

ocean

description may compete, and unless the Chinese Passengers

are kept in force, I must give

5 knot 300 ton

advantages

and

privileges

as the 13 knot, double decked,

2000

ton

"Howshing.

I add that last

of one

year

the master

of Mr. Milo Möller's

sailing vessels, well known

on

the coast of China, came

forward against uncalled for restrictions imposed on

British vessels, or

to drive the trade into ves-

sels of another flag by

imposing

British Merchants to

expenses from which others are

exempt, but when there is

a

manifest and

crying

evil

I feel that I must do all

in my power to stop it, no matter whose pockets suffer, and when the safety of hu-

man life is in one scale

and a few dollars in the other, I should be

wanting

in my duty if I did not allow the former to weigh

down the latter.