under what circumstances an excess in the legal number of Emigrants was allowed in the case of this Ship.
2. In reply I have the hour to enclose certified copies of all the papers deposited in the Immigration Officer's department here prior to the clearance of the vessel, and to state that, as regards the alleged excess in the numbers, this Case presents precisely the same features as that of the "Royal George" reported on in my despatch of 26th September last.
3. The British Guiana Authorities state that the "General Windham" left this Port with 461 Chinese Emigrants, being, as the Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioner observe, 15 in excess of the legal number -446-, whereas all the papers transmitted herewith show that the Ship left professing to have on board only 443 adults, being 3 under the number that she was entitled to carry legally.
I have the honor to be,
My Lord Duke,
Your Lordship's,
Most Obedient Servant,
R. G. Macdonald