10.
attributed their being up to the - Nervousness of a Captain unused
me
to the Chinese Passenger trade and told the mate who accompanied. that they would not be allowed tom remain, with the exception of this
nothing to raise distrust
there was
in the mind of the most suspicions. I do not know the names of the men I questioned but can safely ~
assert that no intimidation or
persuasion
in
fact
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employed by any one,
there was to the best of my
recollection no one on board but the
Mates and crew of the ship besides
the Passengers.-
On the 9th September
а
A
lengthened enquiry was held
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on board
the Ville d'Agen' when twelve men's
Statements were taken down by the-
Interpreter to the Allied Commissioners of Canton, these men were afterwards re-examined at the Chief Magistracy
and in consequence of the evidence- received as to the manner in which
the Passengers had been procured, on
the
was~
evening of the 14th the ship placed in charge of the Police and
towed to an anchorage in Kowloon Bay the Colonial Government being answerable for safety and feeding.
It is scarcely necessary for
their
me
to call the attention of His Excellency
to the extreme cantion with which
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