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of this vessel.
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As the three persons chiefly connected with the dispatch of the "Royal George" Mr Gerard the Agent of "certain proprietors in British Guiana, M. Stephenson the Purser, and Mr Sighis the Emigration Officer at this Port, have left the Colony, I am unable to clear up several points on which doubts and discrepancies appear to exist. But Mr English who is now in England will no doubt be able to furnish all the information required from him; and I enclose herewith certified transcripts of all the papers deposited in his Office prior to the Clearance of the vessel.
3. It would appear from the correspondence from British Guiana that 500 Emigrants left Georgetown in the "Royal George", and the authorities in that Colony attribute the great mortality which unfortunately took place amongst the Passengers chiefly to the alleged want of space on board, there being only as stated by the Emigration Agent of British Guiana a superficial measurement of three feet and three inches between decks for sleeping, and three feet and a fraction upon the upper deck for exercise, available for each adult, instead of the 12 and 5 superficial feet required respectively by the provisions of the Chinese Passengers Act - or, as more clearly and concisely described in other words by the Immigration Commissioner, calculating upon
Mr Crosby to Mr Walker. Georgetown, 15 April 1859.
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