Any apt language which will not destroy the very heart of the bill I am perfectly willing to insert. but I do not assent to an amendment specious in its character. and perhaps having a good objectfor I do not impeach the objectunder which practically any enforcement of the bill will he impossible. With such a provision I can see plainly it will be impossible to get any conviction for bringing in any number of persons under the bill. The coolies who come are all between the ages of sixteen and twentytwo. -ery rarely over the latter age. the large majority under it. They will come apparently for our school advautage. There will be nothing to contravene their declarationthough tEey come by fifteen hundred in a vessel. crowding it as they do nowthat they come for school purposes.
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Coolies are described as coming primarily for school advantages, even when they arrive in large numbers, making enforcement of the bill impossible.