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March 7882.
MAR 32.
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COLONIA
My Lord,
We
were honored with
in
your Lordships commands signified Mr. Bramston's letter of the 15th ult. stating that it was the practice among
for a parent to give
the Chinese
a son or
daughter
in
in
into the possession and control of another -person and to receive a sum of money exchange, the parent having no right to reclaim the child except upon repayment
The children were sometimes
of the
money.
brought up as adopted children, sometimes. were employed in domestic service, and, if
www sometimes specially educated with
girls,
The Right Hon bee
The Earl of Kimberley
Ye
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Colonial Office.
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