CO129-290 - Governor Sir Blake - 1899 [1-4] — Page 310

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means of securing that the emigrants are

properly treated in the lands to which they

It is true that Contract Emigration has been allowed from the Straits Settlements to the Netherlands Indies, but the

close proximity of Java and Sumatra to the Straits Settlements has justified an exception being made in this particular case.

4. The same reasoning would not apply to Hong Kong and I regret that I must adhere to the decision that contract emigration cannot be allowed from that Colony to foreign countries.

I have etc.,

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303 means of securing that the emigrants are properly treated in the lands to which they It is true that Contract Emigration has been allowed from the Straits Settlements to the Netherlands Indies, but the close proximity of Java and Sumatra to the Straits Settlements has justified an exception being made in this particular case. 4. The same reasoning would not apply to Hong Kong and I regret that I must adhere to the decision that contract emigration cannot be allowed from that Colony to foreign countries. I have etc.,
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303 means of securing that the emigrants are properly treated in the lands to which they It is true that Contract Emigra- tion has been allowed from the Straits Set- tlements to the Netherlands Indies, but the close proximity of Java and Sumatra to the Straits Settlements has justified an excep- tion being made in this particular case. 4. The same reasoning would not ap- ply to Hong Kong and I regret that I must adhere to the decision that contract emi- gration cannot be allowed from that Colony to foreign countries. I have etc.,
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means of securing that the emigrants are

properly treated in the lands to which they

It is true that Contract Emigra-

tion has been allowed from the Straits Set-

tlements to the Netherlands Indies, but the

close proximity of Java and Sumatra to the

Straits Settlements has justified an excep-

tion being made in this particular case.

4. The same reasoning would not ap-

ply to Hong Kong and I regret that I must

adhere to the decision that contract emi-

gration cannot be allowed from that Colony

to foreign countries.

I have etc.,

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