Inclosure 9 in despatch 173 of 1867.
Opinion of Mr Burbank.
Sis,
2039 Hong Kông
CEL
DEC. 7
I - H. C. S. N. "Pluto"
reply to
129
Canton, 14th July 1847.
your
I beg to state that.
of
the
letter of yesterday,
to state that, prior to the collision
fast boat and salt Lunk with the Meamer "Corsair " I distinctly heard
Laptain Larkins
Give
an order to put.
the Helm a Starboard which was the
proper way to clear the Salt Sunk, but. the Steamer
was at the time dragging
through the mud and would not answer her Helm, but from my being in the Zast boat I
was not in a position to
see all that took place, more especially
as it was dark at the time; the Salt
boat,
position
however,
wever, was
as
lying
in the same
I have been accustomed to
Jo, J. C. Macgregor Esquire.
H. B. Mis. Consul,
Lanton.