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by the experience of this country that the mechanic
and labourer about our
dwellings, working
under contract, will execute a very large amount of work during the day and solace himself with Opium at night . We are therefore of opinion it would not be less unjust and impracticable to pronouned all who smoke Opium as unfit for
than it would be to reject Europeans suspected of a moderate degree of dram-drinking ; nor fair to separate
emigration
those whom we had. discovered to be
a vice in which all
victims of a
less
or
indulge ;
may
and especially imprac.
chiefly Remittent . We selected on
227
this
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occasion elever other cases, and sent them
ou
shore ; they embraced Fevers and
caked
cases
care
3rd.
of Diarrhoea. There
of Itch, which we
were 20
left under
under the
of the Surgeon on board
The number chosen for
entire dismissal from the ship, and to be returned to their homes on account
of morbid or congenital infirmities
They were
was six.
An irreducible Inguinal Hernia
of long standing .
more)
2.
3.
Pulmonary disease. Cachectic infirmity.
4.
ticable when our condemnation would
embrace one third of the whole. We
therefore determined upon
which will be seen in
2nd.
there
were
the course
the
sequel.
our examination
6.
On the day of.
o
36 Coolies on shore in the
hospital, under treatment for fever,
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Senile De
Divard of Heart, and suspected
of confirmed and inveterate habits of Opium smoking. Natural deformity of hand. The Chinese peasant