CO129-514-2 Mui Tsai system- suggested regulations and possible abolition 9-1-1929 - 16-5-1929 — Page 136

Mr.

Mr.

Beckett

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Mr.

Ellis

62758/29.

H.K.

Mr. E. J. Harding.

Sir C. Strachey,

Sir J. Shuckburyh.

Sir G. Grindle.

Sir C. Davis.

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For Private Secretary's signature.

Sir S. Wilson.

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Mr. Ormsby-Gore.

Lord Lovat.

Mr. Amery,

DRAFT. conson.

C. STAPLES, ESQ.,

139

Downing Street,

April, 1929.

Dear Sir,

In continuation of my

letter of the 2nd of April, I

have now placed your letter of the

"John Bull" who may

I do not profess to

be satisfied with this. It wants careful

wording because Mr.Staples

may send a copy to

quote (or misquote)

(2p)

29th March about muit sai in

selected passages for our confusion.

Hong Kong before Mr. Amery who

(Intd.) S.C.

desires me to make the following

They wit long thong an

reply.

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Legislation has been

passed in Hong Kong providing

for the regulation and ultimate

disappearance of the system, but

diffimet

it is practically impossible.~

and in the mean the

to