Government officer will always, not a simple member except the examining surgeon,
has a pecuniary
interest in the number of Coolies Engaged - how indefatigable then
must be the vigilance
the measures
how
ow vigorous
eve
α
prepression Government official in Macao,
$
where the sands of Emigration
all abuses of
are allowed to remain,
can throw around the Coolie a
protection equal to that afforded by the present British Indian Emigration system.
But this brings me to the
most important point in Mr. Fernandes' report-
were it possible he says (para. 247) to dispense with the service
of the Brokers, all or nearly all the abuses would at once cease. This is
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the view which has always guided
my
action in the conduct of British
Emigration-
more than that, I have
among
always felt convinced, though apparently alone in the view those conducting or having the power to control other emigration in this Country, that the employment of brokers - by which I mean Chinese or pseudo-Portuguese employed to collect Coolies with a pecuniary interest in the number collected - are practically employed. It is pleasing to find a similar view expressed by Mr. Fernandes, and strange that my
views on this point should meet their confirmation from the very centre of Coolie emigration iniquity. Mr. Fernandes proceeds to say that
employed in all
Brokers are
in all cases.