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before suggested of 15 superficial feet, which is the amount
that, had the vessel began her voyage from this port, the Auglish passenger Act would have compelled her to
adopt.
13. Inasmuch as it
some of
F
appears
1852
that
of the Coolies now on board are not really those who signed the Agreement at Whampoa, the actual
the netual signers
of the agreement to migrate having absconded with their
and clothes;
advance of wages and transferred their written
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Contract to others; whom, by the
payment of one or two dollars, or by the mere representation
of future advantage to be reaved, they have induced to take their places-an accurate register be made of all the
Coolies
m
board, their
names,
surnames, place of birth former recupation, age, and description; that distinct identification be made of each individual on
board;
that the Contrast be read over
and explained to cach
man
in his own those who have not signed
language; that