The Incorporated Chamber of Commerce of Liverpool, Liverpool, October, 1906.
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My Lord:-
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CONVEYANCE OF CHINESE EMIGRANTS UNDER CONTRACT BY BRITISH STEAMERS.
CHINESE PASSENGER ACT, 1855. CHINESE EMIGRATION ORDINANCE, 1899.
I am directed to inform your Lordship that at the Monthly Meeting of the Council of this Chamber held yesterday under the Chairmanship of Sir Alfred Jones, President, the subject of the restriction placed upon British steamers with respect to the carrying of Chinese emigrants under contract from China to Foreign Countries was considered.
The following resolution was then unanimously passed and ordered to be transmitted to your Lordship, viz:-
RESOLVED:- (1) "That this Chamber deplores the disabilities under which the shipping of the United Kingdom labours owing to the provisions of the Chinese Passengers Act, 1855 and the Chinese Emigration Ordinance (Hong Kong), 1889, whereby British vessels are in many cases debarred from engaging in a legitimate and profitable trade.
(2) "The recent instance of S.S. "Powhatan", which was chartered in London to carry coolies from China to Mexico under contract approved by Chinese Provincial Authorities and with the consent of the Mexican Authorities, and which charter was subsequently cancelled, is an illustration of the hardship suffered by British owners at a time when suitable employment for shipping is difficult
H. M. Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, Colonial Office, London. S.W.
The Incisperstid: Chamber of Commerce of Livesperd. Liverpoolazar Deraber, DO
October, 190 6.
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40276
620
My Lord:-
[REC?
CONVEYANCE OF CHINESE EMIGRANTS UNDER CONTRACT BY BRITISH STEAMERS.
CHINESE PASSENGER ACT, 1855. CHINESE EMIGRATION ORDINANCE, 1899.
I am directed to inform your Lordship that at the Monthly Meeting of the Council of this Chamber held yesterday under the Chairmanship of Sir Alfred Johes, President, the subject of the restriction placed upon British steamers with respect to the carrying of Chinese emigrants under contract from China to Foreign Countries
was considered.
The following resolution was then unanimously passed and ordered to be transmitted to your Lordship, viz:-
RESOLVED:- (1) "That this Chamber deplores the "disabilities under which the shipping of the "United Kingdom labours owing to the provisions of "the Chinese Passengers Act, 1855 and the Chinese "Emigration Ordinance (Hong Kong), 1889, whereby "British vessels are in many cases debarred from "engaging in a legitimate and profitable trade.
(2) "The recent instance of S.S. "Powhatan", "which was chartered in London to carry coolies "from China to Mexico under contract approved by "Chinese Provincial Authorities and with the consent "of the Mexican Authorities, and which charter báð "subsequently to be cancelled, is an illustration of "the hardship suffered by British owners at a time "when suitable employment for shipping is difficult
H. M. Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies,
Colonial Office,
London. S.V.
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