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detailed Captain Moulvo, whilst obliged
to admit that he had stated to the
Boarding Officer there was nothing
new in the vessel,” adds that he "recollected
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afterwards there was a
native on-board who had the Small Pox. He
states that he therefore commissioned Mr. de Souza, another native of this
place to obtain from the proper person
the necessary Authority to transfer
him to the Civil Hospital."
11. Your Lordship would imagine
from such a statement that Captain
Calvo had acted openly and without at least any further attempt at concealment, such as he had already successfully practised on Mr. Burt
the Boarding Officer. I regret to be obliged to say that his action in the matter so
far from exhibiting the least desire or intention to deal openly with the
Authorities, was marked by
an evident intention to continue the concealment
which he had commenced.
12.
In proof of this I have called on the Colonial Surgeon to explain the circumstances which in his first report (Enclosure 2.) he states had accidentally brought to his knowledge the fact of a patient with Small Pox
on board of the Circé. He mentioned those circumstances to me
verbally at the time - but I think it better to annex his written statement,