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A deputation of very influential Chinese inhabitants of Hong Kong had several interviews with the Governor, and I am fully impressed with the sincerity and earnestness of their desire to put an end to the cruel and disgraceful traffic which they describe as being carried on at Macao.
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It is reported to me on authority on which I think reliance may be placed, that a scheme is now on foot to send several hundred women from Hong Kong to San Francisco, where they would be virtually sold for purposes of prostitution.
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I entertain no doubt that the ample powers which the law affords, aided by the vigilance of the officers charged with that duty, will be sufficient to defeat so nefarious a project; especially as the respectable and influential Members of the Chinese Community are disposed to afford the Government every assistance.