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she

was sold for $132 to brothel heeper to serve.

term

44 a

prosticate :

for.

It is not desirable to prohibit

the Cenigration of Chinese.

altogether, but it is difficult to

discris

a good

inate between the

and the bad. It me

might

be

possible to control such enii

gration by insisting

on all

women desirous of emigrating

producing a qu

ntee from

the Members of the Ping.

Her pital

other perso

or other persons approved by

His Excellency ability of the

and the

as to the respect_

of the intending envigrant, Agents of the ship could

be told that

would be passed by the Emigration Officer unless she was in possession of such guaran

antee

In the course of my

experience women have told me that they emigrating

for the purposes of prostitution, while others stoully deny the

suggestion when such

is put to them.

Ao

question

a matter

of personal liberty they cannot be prevented

present from going where, when, and for what purpose. they like.

If he prohibition of female.

emigration

con would lead to the

consideration as to whether

the want of

not lead to still

In the City

would

creater crimes;

l greater. and County

Courity of

San Francisco they have

fear of such crimes as there

is a

large class of very low

prostitutes of

all nations in

that City, the Chinese wor

In

of

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