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denunciation from the Press, and a communication from the Portuguese Consul General in Lima to the Governor of Macao, which led to a prohibition by the latter of all Emigration from Macao to Peru. The Consul General also applied to the Local Government for the liberation of the Chinese and the prosecution of the employer, but the decision on that application is not given. So far, however, as the matter has yet gone the result is good, and the strictness and loyalty with which the present Governor of Macao has carried out the Emigration Laws, and has, up to the present time, put down the practices which made the Emigration from Macao a disgrace to humanity are a guarantee that he will carry out the prohibition which he has issued as to Emigration to Peru.
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The description which Mr. Cunningham gives of the condition of Chinese in Peru makes it very desirable that this should be the case. He says that while the uncivilized Negro easily adopts the language, the religion and the habits of his employers, and thereby becomes amalgamated with the people of the Country, the previous Education of the Chinese in their own Country prevents their doing so - that