Acting Governor to appoint a Committee
to enquire into the cricumstances of this Emigration, and His Excellency is pleased to select
you to form such
Committee.
It will be
you
dirty to enquire
into the amount of Medical Examination
to which the People
were
subjected
before embarkation - the period of
time thin
were in the Depot the circumstances under which the Imigrants
Maear were received the area
fum
of
the Passenger's
evenge's Deck, the nature
of.
its ventilation, and the extent of Survey
made of the provisions and water
to
It will also be necessary for you
ascertain what engning
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into the competency of the Chinese Doctris
before they
were allowed to lake charge
of so large a body of Immigrants. Meeess Thomsett, Syow
and
Sobscheid have been notified to be
prepared to lay before you
such
endence,
documentary and otherwise, as they may
be able to produce.
In conclusion I am to observe
that Heis excellency is desirous that
You should enter on this Enquiry as early as possible. -
I have &c.
(signed) Mr. H. Alexander, Acting Colonial Secutan