6.  Among  the  restrictions  on  freedom  of  contract  that
are  likely  to  be  required  between  natives  and  settlers,  the
case  of  contracts  of  service  deserves  special  attention ;
since,  if  such  contracts  are  left  unrestricted,  there  is  a  serious
risk  that  the  inferior  race  may  be  brought  too  completely
into  the  power  of  private  employers.  This  point  is  of
course  peculiarly  important  in  the  case  of  colonies  in  which

■"  Of  course  if  it  should  become  clear  that  the  social  amalgamation  of  two
races  would  he  debasing  to  the  superior  race,  or  otherwise  demonstrably
opposed  to  the  interests  of  humanity  at  large,  every  effort  ought  to  be  made
to  carry  into  effect  some  drastic  and  permanent  measures  of  separation.  But
I  do  not  think  that  any  proof  has  yet  been  brought  adequate  to  support  such
a  conclusion.
