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the Viceroy again urging the conclusion of a special arrange- -ment for the shipment from Hongkong of labourers recruited at Canton. He indicated the lines of this arrangement in a Memorandum (Enclosure 1), which he put before the Governor

of Kwang Tung at an interview at which Mr. Perry, Agent for the South African Mining Companies, then on his way to England,

was also present. I subsequently saw Mr. Perry and communicated

uage to you by telegram (Enclosure 2) the result of my interview

9th November

with him.

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4.

On the 29th. November Mr. J. Scott who

had resumed charge of the Consulate at Canton transmitted a

copy of a letter he had received from the Viceroy stating

that the proposals contained in Mr. Campbell's Memorandum

seemed very practicable and had been forwarded by telegraph

to the Wai Wu Pu. Apparently this body telegraphed on the 25th. November to the Viceroy to make definite arrangements with the Consul-General on the lines of these proposals, but this

batter was

instruction was not communicated by the Viceroy to Mr. Scott

and it was not till the 23rd. December that the

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able to enter into further negotiations with the two Chinese Inspectors appointed by the Viceroy.

5.

As a result of these negotiations the Viceroy made alternative proposals (Enclosure 3) to those put forward by Mr. Campbell. They differed from the latter mainly by providing that a delegate of the Canton Government should reside permanently at the depôt in Hongkong and that tonnage dues according to Treaty should be paid to the Chinese Com- missioner of Customs at Kowloon for the emigrant ships leaving Hongkong as if they had gone to Canton and shipped the labour-

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