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411
Setlement
the 31st of January
18021-
It has been brought
the notice
to
of Government, by the "Thinese Protectorate Department, "that the wilting law is not "sufficient for the protection of "females brought to the fołony "by persons seeking to make a profit from them.
"Such women
are
sais frequently to be purchased "from persons in thina, and m "deceives into the belief that -
to be brought to the
are
they "folony to be married, or te
gain
their livelihood in
reputable manner,
either cajoles
año
axe
cafotes or frightened by
"the persons in whose
charge
"they
are taken
board the
ship in
here, to
say
that they
come
in thina and landed
"If their
free will and
" for reputable purposes.
• When they have passed
"the examination
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the Protectorate here, and
are allowed to
are saîs to be
of
the
Officers
до
shore, they
forces into
camminas
the
"brothels, where their
"are taken
by
the keeper of
"brothel, and they
ae
in
"fact made slaves of
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•reputable