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presume that the Sgs will not wish to object

to slutment, but

of you will refor

to page 4

of my memorandum (laskem 106.) you will see that

H. W.

8.

has always

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[the mph

hen

By careful about the which free smigration 8hd balloood,

agreeing to the offre in 13305/08 the

Sofs within the red shijentica to shipping men under vital contract, for the assisted Emigrant

is unter vital contract (ups par 3 g. 23034/17)]

In

On this paint, I suggest that the fort set

will not object to that the sys ĥ bes shifment to the heller lands Ludies don't that

he mamat not give premission for amuigation

&

other foreign country wettent reference have

~

M.M.S.

previous

camide it then

dusty to ascertain, befne allning

I used Colay to m

that

there

a Butist.

for

the

purposes

Jeaugratin certainty

od cometh security pol

properly treated.

that food the migrants will lo properly

Nonth.

Mr. Cox

In reply to this I would say that the S. of S.

cannot reconcile the different descriptions of the sort

of coolie labour desired for Samoa, and that in practice

there is probably little, or no, difference between free and

indentured labour in 3amoa. The matter is now, however, of

academic interest and need not be pursued.

As to the Netherlands India, say that the S. of S.

has no desire to interfere with the system now esta-

blished and worked under proper safeguards for emigration

to those Islands, but as to any other Foreign countr

write as

in A Mr. Stubs' minule.

ASC

26/12

Loo (rewe

Joyce

WB

(1300). Wt. 20,024-~26, 6000. 11/08, A.& E.W,

(12,528),,, 11,407—17.

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7/09.

24/12

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as proposed

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