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Sqember 1906

I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt land wiges of You Endchips tikejam If yes berday's Latz informung me the in view of tur existing state of quiolious conurning îu Emportation of Chuiescendendured labour tur amendments to the purare Emigation Didaiang (W31 4 1 889) which 3 had pependfortin pimposs of removky tu disebilikto atrasting & Bulist Ships th respect of the conveyanu of this labour would be inspordane and nuvai stau cou wittenf prejudice for Your Lordships funtlus conciduation of the subject at a later dat±.

2. Jam communicaberg Aus decizion lottu Noughong Pineal (hamber of Commerce whose letter asking for lûn amendimento was enclosio ui my dispatch. No 200 of 20 ullums I have not stoked to thum the consiductions that mukistad visible to postpons dealing with them queolise, but they will doubtlip uifer Muos from lin Known policy of Ari1 Government ai connution will Chesine indinfand (bour -

3. V had Chust couziduations fully was me, mind when I wrote ing piginal despobel or Cins valjeed - No 120 of 4 17 May 1906 — and for this reason reframed then from 21570 making a deferits recommendation this the roshections should be removed. I did

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houscou make rest & recommendation, ui my labs, despobeh, which your derdhip cannot have reacted by this dalt, as well as in my betyram of 25′Ahjust to which Your Loudlufer is a

• Preply. I was led to math thus recommendation portly y the fact to theirs unident and our

& becoming more and mune Suployed ai counhics undu facip, govorumads where tropical conditions are unfavorable to istide labour; and thus 44N': Government have no power

to prevent such. Employment, and parthy is this fact that of the carriage of tuis Labous contains tobe forbidden & fritish ships & great óhumiduo cili be 980m ti freign & tu, Explust

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4 Apart from Un question of the ferides that has ban called for, for the cancer of undudand Tabour la Panama, to An ingcudy of which my telegram of the ip suyurd coar dut, an

unfing A Bullah hide resulting from the inhidious is furnished by thu mannu in which Clusiu,laboen from Gabon to the Duka East Judio, uiriced of qocùs from Hoopkong, parco Huogh. Aus dong to an Treaty Port of Swatow where indendives as Entend into and cohence the undesired labour is comocyste is deskridio, 4., Gorman slamas

5. It has tobe bour in mind the the comploymend of a certani line of steameco for a particular hade bebeocon two ports with lead to its Employment for the quest trade betwe thors ports and thu for the preamd restrictions must conductly had to the of cent ousting of Sitish shipping from ths hade bekomm Churia and sh ports in forcip. countries where cudundured labour is inipatað.

6. Vauclose for Your And hips ariformation a proof of the Bit which it was proposed to nitrochu this cock into the Legislative Council had tîn withdrawal of (a wohidiows been approved

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