TABLE OF CHINESE LABOURERS AND EMIGRANTS, EMBARKED FROM MACAO 1856-67.
DESTINATION 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 Australia 240 British Guiana, (Demerara) via Hongkong 300 460 Cuba 2,253 6,753 8,296 7,695 5,773 5,598 Cuba, via Hongkong Dutch Guiana, (Surinam) 617 500 Java 5 418 Mozambique 301 Peru 450 3,001 Philippine Islands 45 Penang 150 5 Saigon 201 Singapore 16 25 52 176 321 2,098 2,120 1,459 3,738 6,243 8,469 7,681 4,785 Totals 2,493 7,383 10,034 8,969 8,119 7,718 2,536 6,997 11,344 13,972 24,401 15,946 752 2,922 5,207 15,827 10,844 227 202 111 74 270 6 87 21 16 14 160 11 32 GRAND TOTAL 129,547 To Cuba 77,406 To Peru 57,614 115,020* Though all Chinese embarked are classed as emigrants at Macao, we have called them labourers and emigrants. There can be no doubt that the men embarking for Java, Philippine Islands, Penang, Saigon and Singapore are free emigrants, so much so that they are not bound to any contracts.
It has not been possible to obtain the official return of Emigrants embarked during the year 1861, the above figures 7,718 being taken from Williams' Commercial Guide, 5th edition.
The returns for the years 1856-59 are from the Tables published with the report of the Macao Superintendent of Emigration, dated 31st July, 1861. The totals for 1860, 1862-67 have been obtained from the office of the Macao Harbour Master.