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the abuse he suggests two remedies - the first (24) is to effect the registration, signing of the contract, and embarkation all in one day.
In this connection, in a later paragraph (25), however, he points out objections, almost serious, that would bring the natural effect. Coolies' minds are averse to being this for the first time in the presence of Foreign Officials, which I think utterly condemn the suggested remedy.
The second alternative (26), which he thinks much more difficult to carry out, is, in brief, the lodging of the Emigrants for three days in a Government Depot, thus keeping them away from all external influences. In para. 27, he details the advantages of this system and, in all he says - in this paragraph I fully agree - it is indeed, except that external influences are not thereby avoided by itself, exactly the system pursued in British Emigration from Canton.
The external influences, I should however point out, in a Macao Depot and in that under my charge elsewhere, operate inversely - in Macao this influence is calculated to cause the Coolie to subscribe, in my department to cause him to log off.
Mr. Fernandes in the next paragraph (28) correctly observes that indefatigable vigilance and measures of repression, vigorous ones, would be necessary to render this scheme effectual - under the circumstances obtaining in Macao, this is peculiarly true - British Emigration from Canton is conducted by a...