Jephson troubled, that the ship will be sent to sea provided only for the shortest voyage and this probability is increased where the Emigrants are deficient in their own provisions. The following proves what occurred in the Emigration from this country, when a similar system was in force here, that in many instances they sailed with a stock of provisions insufficient for an average voyage, and equipment quite inadequate for a protracted one, because of the frequent occurrence of delays.
The suffering and sickness produced by this, that in the English Emigrant ships a compulsory dietary was provided for the maintenance sufficient for the people irrespective of whatever they might provide for themselves. Looking to the penurious habits of the Chinese Emigrants, it does not appear to be safe to exempt the vessels in which they are conveyed from that provision of the Chinese Emigrant Act which requires the ship to provide a sufficient dietary for the Emigrants.
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