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Enclosure 4
500
Government House,
Hongkong, 22nd.July, 1910.
ete hoda od :
With reference to the Vice-Consul's Memo.
No. 53 of the 27th. ultimo, I have the honour to request you to
be good enough to express to the Governor-General of he Liang
Kuang Provinces my surprise on learning that he had sent to
this Colony an officer of his Government to supervise Chinese
emigration to Peru without having in the first instance consult-
-ed and obtained the permission of this Government. His Excel-
-lency's action in this matter shows some disregard of the
usual international courtesies.
2.
Upon enquiry I have ascertained that in
1909 only two ships left this port with Chinese emigrants for
Peru, viz.:- the "Lothian" on the 4th. May with 982 emigrants
and the "Hongkong Maru" on the 1st. June with 5 emigrants. In
such circumstances I can see no necessity whatever to station a Chinese official permanently in this Colony to supervise this
amigration and I would suggest that expectant prefect Hsuoh Yung
-nien should be instructed to confine himself to periodical
visits to Hongkong on the occasion of the departure of steaners
carrying emigrants to Peru, in order to assist the Consul for
that country in detecting cases of impersonation. I enclose for
your information in connection with this subject copy of a
minute by the Assistant Colonial Secretary dated the 6th.
inatant (See Enclosure
3
giving the gist of a statement made
to him by the latter official.
3.
I understand that the next emigrant ship
from this Port to Peru does not leave till the end of August next.
I have etc., (Sa.) F. H. May,
s Britannic Majesty's Consul-General,
Officer Administering the GovernTM
-ment.
Canton.
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