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MINISTRY OF SHIPPING,
ST. JAMES'S PARK,
LONDON, S.W.1.
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sales and also ship the children to other parts of the coast under registration. The excuse for
this custom appears to be that the children are
either orphans or in such a state of poverty that
it is to their advantage to be purchased by the
more wealthy Chinaman, who I believe as a general
Irule treats them very well. Theoretically they
are "adopted" by the purchaser, either as servants
For to enable the childless Chinaman to leave some-
one behind to worship at his tomb; but Commander
and Mrs. Haslewood contend that this buying and
selling is utilised very largely for immoral pur-
posee. Mrs. Haslewood's feelings I am afraid
rather overcame her and she took up the matter in
Ia somewhat baldheaded manner, and consequently be th
she and her husband came up against the Governor
and British officials, without doing much good to
themselves or the cause they were championing.
I understand