certified by another Native Doctor-
He was to be paid $25. a month,
which is said to be fair pay.
There was apparently an assistant Chinese Doctor also on board but Lee-tick-chong was not aware that any deaths had occurred among the Emigrants before the ship left Hongkong.
The report of ... to that effect. The Committee is not aware of any evidence, and none of the other witnesses gave any concerning him.
In respect to the statement that a party of the people came from Macao, it is distinctly contradicted by Lee-tuck-cheong and is disproved by evidence which the Committee had before them. Lee-tuck-cheong's statement on this point is also supported by negative testimony of witnesses. None of the witnesses were aware that the requirements of the Chinese Passenger Act as to the fitting and provisioning of the ship had been complied with, and that no blame can attach to anyone connected with the selection and despatch of Emigrants.
2nd That the mortality was occasioned by an outbreak of epidemic disease, resembling Yellow Fever, which was prevailing in the Victoria Prison at the time the Tricolor sailed.
3rd That the disease was aggravated by the want of proper medical attendance on a long voyage Surgeon.