A PROTEST.
Lord Huntsford, Secretary of State for the Colonies, sends the memorandum of the Chinese Ambassador in London protesting against the exceptional legislation of the colonies in relation to the Chinese, as a circular to ah the colonial Governments. Lord Huntsford asks that the Government of each colony shall make a report on the exceptional Chinese legislation in force in each colony, and the results with which such legislation has been attended, in order that Lord Salisbury may reply to the the memorandum, which is the result of the recent visit of the Chinese Commissioners to the colonies, and states that at the Straits Settlement, at HongKong, and even in some of the Australian colonies, the representatives of Her Majesty the Queen have borne testimony to the value of Ibe Chinese »nd to their orderly behaviour, The memorandum further protests against the exceptional treatment which the Chinese receive in the Australian colonies, and asks for the elimination of any laws which may be at variance with treaty obligations, and opposed the international usage.
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Temuka Leader, Issue 1714, 22 March 1888, Page 3
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174A PROTEST. Temuka Leader, Issue 1714, 22 March 1888, Page 3
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