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These
precluded from communication with the agents, contractors or brokers. A translation of regulations will be found in my letter to H. Rogers of 6 Nov. 1868.
It is scarcely possible that any Emigrant could be embarked at Macao without his own consent, and it will be observed in the examination of those saved from the Don Juan that they all admitted that they had been asked whether they emigrated voluntarily and had answered in the affirmative. Several said they had been deceived by the Brokers, with whom they had conspired to commit a fraud, and had found themselves entrapped.
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That, however, is no imputation on the Government regulations. The crucial point is that all might have refused to emigrate if they had been kidnapped, as was formerly the practice, and would have been protected in their refusal by the Portuguese authorities. The objectionable point in the Portuguese regulations is the provision that a coolie refusing to migrate should pay the cost of his subsistence in the depot and his travelling expenses. Yet it is difficult to see how otherwise the agent could be protected against the fraud of men who might profess an intention to emigrate solely for the purpose of being conveyed to Macao, and
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these
precluded from communication with the agruts. intagrueld. Contractors or brokers. A translation f regulations will be found in my letter to his I. Rogers of b. Nov. 1868-
of these regulations
carried out with
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good faith in is scarerly possible that any Emigrant could be embarked at Macas without his own consents
and it will be soserved in the
examination:
the man saved.
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of from the Don suan that they all admitted that they had been asked whether they smigrated voluntarily and had answered in the affirmative - Several said they have been decrived by the Brokers, with whom they had conspired to commich a fraud, and had found themselves entrapped.
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That however is no imputation
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on
the Government regulations. The sprutial point is that all might have refused to smigrate if they had been Kidnapped- formerly
as wal
the practics - and would have bun protected in their refusal by the Portuguese authorities. The objectionable point in the Portuguese regulations is the provision that a Corly refusing to migrate
should
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the cost of his
subsistence in the
depõh
and
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his travelling expeners - Yet itic difficult to see how otherwice the agout could be protected against the fraud of men who might profas
an intention to
smigrate solely for the purpose frring conveyed to Macas, and
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