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Officer at Melbourne, recording the "number of passengers with which she left this colony, which number agrees with the measurement certificate of the Government Surveyor. If the "Mile" - I presume the circumstances to which your letter had reference did not apply, and then she was bound to a strict conformity with the law. Whether this Harbor Master measured the former vessel for passengers cannot say.
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The "Alfred" seems to have belonged to Messrs. J. Burd & Co., and was, I believe, furnished by them for emigration purposes on account of her large capacity. "The hold permanent lower deck beams, and was certified on 27 February by the Government Surveyor as of 780 tons, with three decks (height between decks more than six feet) and a crew of 48 persons.
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Six feet) ... of men who paid passage money placed on the articles as Steward and cooks, this was not by my sanction; and the Master who lent himself to the creation of this extent deservedly fined. It appears, however, that detriment to the Colonial Revenue furnished a prominent motive of the Acting Immigration Officer in pressing for the infliction of "a heavy penalty. As to the remainder of the slaves over the number allowed by the Imperial Act, it was clearly explained to those concerned, that certificate guaranteed no protection whatever at the port of debarkation, and that every passenger beyond the Parliamentary number was carried at their own risk. But they were apparently...