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Immigration statistics on Asian laborers in biennial period
The Board of Immigration reports 6454 Japanese and 5241 Chinese laborer applications over two years. Conditions required European or American workers in steps, bonds secured, and cost sharing for women and children. Shipments and contracts show 6087 Japanese males, 1239 females, 34 children. Chinese totals 7364 since August 1895, with suspensions and desertions noted. German workers briefly added. Kauai plantations mainly received them. Plantation visit noted on April 21, 1897 to Libue, Kauai.
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China
Spreckelaville Plantation
Pasoban
Hakalau
H. FY. Glade
J. O. Pflueger
Kauai
Mr. Taylor
Libue Plantation