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Hongkong, 8th. May, 1908.
I have the honour to recall to
Your Lordship's recollection that my predecessor in a
Despatch dated 17th. May, 1906, asked permission to amend
the local law on the subject of the carriage of indentured
Chinese coolies in British Ships. In reply to this Despatch
and to a subsequent telegram dated August 25th., 1906,
Your Lordship stated (Despatch Confidential of 7th. Sep-
-tember, 1906) that the moment was inopportune, and "the
matter must stand over for the present without prejudice
to further consideration at a more convenient opportunity",
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In November, 1906, the Liverpool
Chamber of Commerce passed resolutions urging the removal
of the restrictions, and similar action was taken by the
Chamber of Shipping of the United Kingdom in August, 1906,
as shown by the enclosure to Your Lordship's Despatch of
7th. September, 1906. In January, 1907, Sir John Jordan
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