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Coolie Emigration from Hong Kong and China Ports.
I submit the following Memorandum and a Minute by Mr Churchill on the above subject for the consideration of the Cabinet.
- 28/10/1906.
Under the provisions of an Ordinance (No. 1 of 1889) passed by the Hong Kong Legislature, under the powers given by the Chinese Passtar pers Act of 1855, no vessel carrying more than twenty Asiatic passengers may clear from Houg Kong, and no British vessel in the like case may clear from a port in China or within 100 miles of the Chinese coast, on a voyage of more than seven days' duration, without a licence from the Governor of Hong Kong or from the Emigration Officer (ie., the British Consul) at the port of departure.
The British Consul may not issue a licence to
a vessel carrying coolies uuder contract and the Governor of Hong Kong may not issue a licence in such a case unless the contracts are for service in a British possession.
[The Governor of Hong Kong has apparently been advised that the law prohibits him from issuing a licence to a vessel carrying contract coolies to a foreign country. It is by no means clear that this view is correct, but the point is not of practical importance, as the Governor in any case forbidden by long-standing instruc tions from the Secretary of State to issue licences to such vessels.]
The history of the question goes back to the early days of the Colony of Hong Kong. In the late forties and early 'fifties there was a large traffic in contract labourers from Chinese ports to California, Australia, Cuba, various South American States, British Guiana, and the British West Indies.
The traffic, even in British vessels, was wholly unregulated, as the existing Passenger Acts did not cover the case of vessels sailing from ports in China to foreign countries, and it rise to
zaVd great abuses, especially in the case of emigrants to Chili and Peru.
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