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1847, for Spanish brig Oquendo," and British ship Duke of Argyle, from Amoy, nothing authentic is known, excepting that the speculators, (Spanish merchants resident in Manila), lost very considerably by the operation, and of the Coolies returned to Hongkong and Amoy in about 10 months after leaving, with no less than $16,000 in gold, which he realized in that short time by practising as a physician.
being a slave Colony, Havana being it is very questionable if the terms of the original contract, were fulfilled by the parties who engaged themselves.
The Nimrod took about 120 Coolies from Amoy to Australia in 1848: this is said to have also been a losing operation, and it is further stated that they were not found to be satisfactory, but neither of these can be quoted as a criterion of their eligibility, for the reasons before mentioned as regards Havana, and the well-known and acknowledged objection of the colonists of Australia to the immigration of foreign labourers; and ample proof of the value of the Chinese to be found in the successful result of their importation to Manila, the Straits Settlements, Bourbon, and Java.
As the English Agent who procures the Coolies involves heavy moral and personal responsibility by inducing them to leave their families and country for a distant place where that the engagements on his part will be performed, while that on theirs are certain to be exacted, the trade is in private hands, one of very disagreeable nature, but, when a v