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 306 COOLY COOPER DESTINATION. PORT OF SHIPMENT. NUMBER OP COOLIES SHIPPED. Total. 1847-50. 1850-55. 1855-60. 1860-65. 1865-70. Cuba Macao 1,200 1,000 18,700 17,000 80,700 88,000 2,000 30,000 4,000 28,000 1,000 105,900 25,000 Canton and vicinity Total Cuba 2,200 85,000 34,000 29,000 130,900 Peru and other S. Amer. countries Total Peru, <fcc Macao 1,700 22,000 7,000 18,000 82,000 30,000 9,000 13.000 27,000 20,000 80,700 52,000 89,000 18,000 Swatow Canton, Amoy, and Hong Kong. . Whampoa and Camsingmoon 8,000 18,000 2,000 8,000 48,700 S4.000 45,000 22,000 197,700 Indian archipelago and Australia. . Macao and ports about Canton Hong Kong and Whampoa 9,000 18,000 2,000 6,000 85,000 2,000 1,000 2,500 1,500 4.500 2,500 Canton " Total Java 8,000 4,000 7,000 Afreregrate 5,200 86,400 141,000 81,000 57,000 870,600 9,201 Chinese were imported into Callao, and entered at the custom house at the value of $3,680,400; in 1872 over 13,000 were import- ed. About 7 per cent, of those embarked die before reaching Callao. According to Peru- vian reports, from 1860 to 1872, 192 vessels with 80,354 coolies, were despatched from Macao to Peru, of whom 3,227 perished from shipwreck, and about 5 per cent, from sick- ness and suicide. In addition to the British West Indies, a few coolies, not included in the table, have been taken to the lesser Phi- lippine islands and some other localities. In 1872 the government of Costa Eica gave per- mission for the introduction of Chinese coo- lies into that country, and the first cargo arrived at Punta Arenas Jan. 30, 1873, con- sisting of 654 coolies, 81 having died on the voy- age. (For free Chinese emigration, see CHI- NA.) Under this head may be mentioned the employment, within a few years, of South sea islanders as laborers upon cotton and sugar ! plantations in Queensland, and in the Feejee j and Samoa or Navigator's islands, and Tahiti, i They are taken chiefly from Savage island, the | Gilbert group, Banks islands, and some others. | The procuring and employment of these isl- anders was early regulated by local law in Queensland. A colonial agent is sent with each ship, and a strict investigation is made upon its arrival. The laborers seem to be well treated, and in general to have been properly obtained ; many after the expiration of their term of service have gone home, and returned to work again in the colony. Those employed in the Feejee islands and Tahiti, however, are treated with great cruelty, and are obtained by force and fraud, vessels being fitted out to j kidnap the islanders, or purchase the prisoners j taken in the tribal wars of the natives. After j the establishment of the Feejeean government i of 1871, it promised to take measures to regu- | late the traffic, but these promises appear not j to have been fulfilled. The vessels employed : in procuring the islanders are mostly British. In the early part of 1872 an act of parliament was passed "for the prevention and punish- ment of criminal outrages upon natives of the islands in the Pacific ocean," and several cruis- ers were sent to enforce it. Early in 1873 three vessels were seized by virtue of this act, while engaged in kidnapping Polynesians. COOMASSIE. See KOOMASSIE. COOPER, a central county of Missouri, bound- ed IS. by Missouri river, and intersected by the Lamine, which is navigable from its mouth to the Blackwater ; area, 558 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 20,692, of whom 3,352 were colored. The surface is hilly or moderately undulating, and occupied in some places by prairies. The soil requires little labor for cultivation, and the mineral wealth is said to be inexhaustible. Mines of bituminous and cannel coal are worked with profit in various quarters ; iron and lead ores are extracted from veins near the Lamine ; there are several quarries of marble and hy- draulic limestone ; and from the vicinity of Moniteau creek is obtained a kind of sand used in the manufacture of flint glass, and especially valuable on account of its rarity. The Pacific railroad of Missouri crosses the S. W. corner, and the Booneville branch traverses the coun- ty. The chief productions in 1870 were 385,- 696 bushels of wheat, 1,210,533 of Indian corn, 412,809 of oats, 68,052 of potatoes, 11,579 tons of hay, 227,001 Ibs. of butter, 78,571 of wool, and 34,731 of tobacco. There were 6,971 horses, 2,607 mules and asses, 5,383 milch cows, 9,628 other cattle, 21,208 sheep, and 43,813 swine; 5 grist mills, 6 saw mills, 9 manufactories of carriages and wagons, 3 of bricks, 3 of stone and earthen ware, 1 of to- bacco and snuff, 1 leather-currying, and 3 wool-carding and cloth-dressing establishments. Capital, Booneville. COOPER, Anthony Ashley. See SHAFTESBTJRY. COOPER, Sir Astley, an English surgeon, born at Brooke in Norfolk, Aug. 23, 1768, died in London, Feb. 12, 1841. His father was curate of the village of Brooke, and his mother, who belonged to the Paston family, was a popular writer in her day. His aptitude for the pro- fession in which he became famous was first shown when he was but 12 years old. A foster