1841-1886
HER MAJESTY'S COLONIAL POSSESSIONS.
.99
get gold. The Chinaman's secret of success is patience and perseverance combined with the strictest sobriety. Cooktown, which has sprung into existence since the discovery of gold in its neighbourhood, is still a town of wood and canvas. Here the Chinaman is seen to great perfection. He owns some of the principal shops in the place, and by his attention to business, and care of his money when he has made it, he is amongst the most wealthy in the place. Chinese in North Queensland have many greater advantages than Europeans. The climate is better adapted to the former than to the latter, and they can work throughout the year, while Europeans are unable to do so.
24. Female emigration to Penang and Singapore has increased by 110.69 per cent., and out of 15,158 Chinese despatched hence to the Straits Settlements, nearly 14 per cent. were females.
25. Out of 19,168 emigrants to California, scarcely 2 per cent. are females. There are varied opinions as to whether the partial prohibition placed on the importation of Chinese females into the United States is a politic one. Doubtless the influx of a large number of unmarried women into a country is likely to be attended by highly immoral results, but with people having an intimate knowledge of the Chinese character, it is a question whether it is not better not to disturb female emigration than to prohibit it, the result of the latter being much more horrible and disgusting than one likes to dwell on.
*
Registry of Shipping.
435
26. The usual average work has been done in this branch of the Department. The British Registry of Shipping at Shanghai has not been sufficiently long established to affect the registry of ships here.
Marine Magistrate's Court.
27. There is an increase on the cases tried in this court in 1875 over 1874. None of the cases were of a serious nature.
Examinations for the posts of Masters and Mates, under Ordinance No. 17 of 1860.
28. Of 59 applicants for examination, 64.5 per cent. obtained certificates, 35.5 per cent. being unsuccessful.
Marine Courts, under Ordinance No. 11 of 1860.
29. There have been five courts held during the year. The "Viking," official number 71,662, grounded on the Bombay shoal in the China Sea, was got off, and came to Hong Kong. The "Poyang," official number 50,661, lost during a typhoon near Macao, in May last. The "Zambesi," official number 68,413, in collision with a junk. The "Deerhound," official number 60,508, lost in the China Sea, in latitude 10° 41′ North and longitude 114° 30′ East. The "Sunda," official number 54,737, struck a sunken rock about a mile and a half North of Turnabout Island
1841-1886
HER MAJESTY'S COLONIAL POSSESSIONS.
.99
get gold. The Chinaman's secret of success is patience and perseverance combined with the strictest sobriety. Cooktown, which has sprung
into existence since the discovery of gold in its neighbourhood, is still a town of wood and canvas. Here the Chinaman is seen to great perfection. He owns some of the principal shops in the place, and by his attention to business, and care of his money when he has made it, he is amongst the most wealthy in the place. Chinese in North Queensland have many greater advantages than Europeans. The climate is better adapted to the former than to the latter, and they can work throughout the year, while Europeans are unable to do so.
24. Female emigration to Penang and Singapore has increased by 110-69 per cent., and out of 15,158 Chinese despatched hence to the Straits Settlements, nearly 14 per cent. were females.
25. Out of 19,168 emigrants to California, scarcely 2 per cent. are females. There are varied opinions as to whether the partial prohibition placed on the importation of Chinese females into the United States is a politic one. Doubtless the influx of a large number of unmarried women into a country is likely to be attended by highly immoral results, but with people having an intimate knowledge of the Chinese character, it is a question whether it is not better not to disturb female emigration than to prohibit it, the result of the latter being much more horrible and disgusting than one likes to dwell on.
*
Registry of Shipping.
435
26. The usual average work has been done in this branch of the Department. The British Registry of Shipping at Shanghai has not been sufficiently long established to affect the registry of ships here.
Marine Magistrate's Court.
27. There is an increase on the cases tried in this court in 1875 over 1874. None of the cases were of a serious nature.
Examinations for the posts of Masters and Mates, under Ordinance No. 17 of 1860.
28. Of 59 applicants for examination, 64-5 per cent. obtained certificates, 35.5 per cent. being unsuccessful.
Marine Courts, under Ordinance No. 11 of 1860.
29. There have been five courts held during the year. The "Viking," official number 71,662, grounded on the Bombay shoal in the China Sea, was got off, and came to Hong Kong. The "Poyang," official number 50,661, lost during a typhoon near Macao, in May last. The "Zambesi," official number 68,413, in collision with a junk. The "Deerhound," official number 60,508, lost in the China Sea, in latitude 10° 41′ North and longitude 114° 30' East. The "Sunda," official number 54,737, struck a sunken rock about a mile and a half North of Turnabout Island
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