CO129-472 - Others - 1921 — Page 684

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this atter of Russell's report, but it is one which right easily come up in Parliament and prove troublesome there. The 'ui-tsai question arouses auch interest in the House of Commons.

Briefly the facts ure that

in 1882 the Colonial Office published "Correspondences respecting the

Alleged Existence of Chinese Slavery in Hong Kong" which wound up with a

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despatch from Lord Kimberley asking the Governor to "institute a full and trust- worthy inquiry into the facts, forwarding to e as soon as it can be completed a report thereon" and to consider "what measures should be taken to remove any of the evils that may be brought to light by the inquiry" (Note the stress on the inquiry). The Aborigines Protection Society have now read the Blue Book in question, noted the request of Lord Kimberley, and ask "whether the Colonial Office has any record of such an enquiry having been held, and if

a report was subsequently published." So for as we know there was no enquiry

nd no report was published. The Governor

sent home in answer to Lord Kimberley

a report on the question by a r.

Russell who, when he began the report

was Registrar General nd Protector of

Chinese, but by the time he made it had

become a judge of the Supreme Court of Fong Kong This report in fact

constituted the Government's answer.

At the time interest centred more in

"brothel slavery" and the C.D.Acts than :

in Hui-ted and Lord Derby seems to have

been content to approve r. Russell's

proposals for preventing mui-ts being

turned into prostitutes.

A glance at Mr. Russell's

report will show that it is not

suitable for communication to the

Society. It would be susceptible of

the