44. The neglect to furnish medical comforts, clothes which ought to have been supplied for the use of the men is a very important consideration and one I am afraid the only excuse that can be made for, was the want of a knowledge as to the Department the responsibility lay with, and the fact that in the case of the very few distressed sick seamen who had previously been sent home, the Colonial Chaplain who sometimes visited the Hospital had always taken upon himself to see to the proper supply of comforts - Supposed that the ship bound to supply was all necessary food - In this instance I was mistaken; still I have little doubt that if Captain Hill had applied to the Harbor Master either for clothes or medical comforts they would have been furnished notwithstanding the very rigid rules laid down for the guidance of the Harbor Master by the Board of Trade - The regulations which His Excellency has issued now makes it imperative that necessary clothes and medicines shall be furnished to sick seamen proceeding home.
5th It appears scarcely necessary to refer to the partiality and exaggeration in the statements made in the "Daily Press" in reference to these cases.