Kutish-Dhis therefore suggested that voyage to Manila and Singapore should be regulated for the operation of the list by a Local Ordinance to be passed under the authority of the 2nd Section of it.
* There is no doubt much weight in the above representations but they do not satisfy that this receptory or expedient to augment the Passage Traffic to British ports, to the Philippines, and the Straits for control and supervision. The passage from Amoy to Manila or Singapore is in favorable Monsoon about 7 days, against the Monsoon 15 days, And the "weather limit" is within 6 weeks»- the Emigrants are a poor and singularly penurious class, and under the present system are left to supply their own promising and it is admitted that the
"emigrants are overcrowded, ... then, as it appears to us, there are strong grounds for requiring the supervision of the voyage. There is liable to such extreme variations as between 7 days and 15 days, there will always be probability, if the owner is left...