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stances, I have very grave doubts how far, from 

 a moral point of view, the British Government 

 is justified in permitting its subjects to be removed 

 from under the aegis of its protection, until such 

 time as they are of full age, without some better 

 guarantees than at present seem to exist, that in 

 doing so it is not violating the very principle, it 

 has sacrificed so much to uphold. The Government 

 of India in this matter is helpless. The Govern- 

 ment of Great Britain concludes a treaty, and 

 forthwith the Governor General is ordered to pass 

 an Act to carry out its provisions. Such an 

 Act has lately been passed by the Legislative 

 Council of the Governor General, to legalize the 

 emigration of native labor to the Danish Colony 

 of St. Croix ; and it is to be hoped that the very 

 interesting debate on that measure, will attract such 

 attention in England, as will at once cause an end to 

 be put to the conclusion of treaties with foreign 

 powers to deprive India of her most precious wealth. 



Iconceivejlndiato be under thedeepestobligationsto 

 my esteemed friend the Hon'ble Mr. Ellis, the Member 

 of Council for Madras, for the able,lucid,and fearless 

 manner in which he laid this matter in all its bear- 

 ings before the Legislative Council ; " In reality " 



to Re-union and Mauritius, thinks, that if the mortuary returns 

 are correct, the climate is not much more adapted for Asiatics than 

 for Africans. He states the number necessary to supply the full 

 wants of the Island at 50,000. 



