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Saturday 11 November 2017

Chinese navy to stop coolies trafficking off Macau according to the Dutch newspaper Tilburgsche courant dated 20 November 1873

An item referred to tidings received from China dated 8th October reporting that the Chinese government forbade all ships involved in the coolies trade to enter the Chinese waters. Chinese war junks were cruising off Macau which was considered to be the centre of the trafficking in coolies and ordered to stop involved Chinese vessels. It was known of also European vessels were to be stopped.