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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND LABOUR

WASHINGTON,

March 6

3615

12969

Rece The Honourable, R29 MAR 12

The Secretary of State.

LO MAR 1912

Sir,

I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 1st instant (151.08/56) in which,

referring to our previous correspondence on the subject

of the deportation of Chinese aliens found to be unlaw-

fully in the United States or rejected at seaports of

entry when attempting to enter, you state that you have advised the British Ambassador at this capital that this Department will be requested to issue to the immigration officials instructions that, when deportation proceedings are instituted either before the Department or the Courts, information shall be obtained whenever possible with

respect to the port at which the aliens originally

embarked for this country, and if such information is

not procurable, the order of deportation issued by the

Department or the Courts will stipulate that the alien

Chinese is to be removed to China.

Further consideration has recently been given on

the subject above mentioned, and I have concluded that

the wishes of the British Government can probably be best effected in the following manner: This Department

when purchasing transportation for Chinene ordered deporta

by