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you for Lord Stanky's information
that on
the occasion of the
inquiry concerning the mortality of the "Duke of Portland, My Lords pointed out to the
Foreign Office the expediency of calling the attention M. Consuls at Ports to which
Chinese Emigrants
of
are carried,
to the provisions of the 5=
Section of the Chinese
Prinese Pasengers
Act 18 & 10 Oid. c. 104. and
of instructing inquiry, when
Them to make
occaliow
Should
should arise, My Lords were
then informed that
the
decretary of State had com
after the passing of the
Chinese
Passengers
αet
Youed
a
fircular
of which
on the
are
subject, copies
no doubt in
the possession of the
folonial
Office - Subsequently another
fircular
was
issued
on the
occurring
culyject of deaths on bourd British Ships, a
copy of which is enclosed
21:
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