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emigrant. They are poor, hardly and very ensily led. I think that they are often brought down under the idea that they are going to find work in liongkong, but they are eusily to be persuaded that Sing pore is just as good. Care should be taken that they realise the conditions and that they do not answer questions blindly. They are as a rule very stupid, more especially those from the interior of Kwangsi.
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(a). The regular emigranta through. Bençkon; are Hakkas from Ewai Shin and Gai Chan. This is genuine honeet emigration and should cause very little trouble. Various asses of alleged fraud amongst this class have always bean found by me to ha absolutely unfounded. The ordine ry Puntei of Fun Yn, Nam Ho1(1.e. the airtricto adje cent to Canton City Jato. is not a proper type of emigrent; Funtei
emigrants ar As a rula either knaves or fools. The fools are generelly young and n ed protmation.
(*). People from Hongkong can generelly look after themselves. Apprentices shoule be discouraged,
11. Recruiting is not as a rule done directly by the Boarding Houses in Hongkong. In emigration from Hoi Hau an to a certain extent Tuchow they simply deal with other bo réing housės. There are also a large number of"Exk=trus" more or less loose in the province. They get emigrants,
take them to the steamars and there hand them over to a
boarding house runner. The recruiters or rather those of
I shady
recruiters
them who are enrged in anything steady never put in an appearance in Hongkong. The unner does not ask any question"
till the man is on board the sterger for Hongkong an then
he explains what is going to happen, As often as not the
recruiter
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