was die same lack of employment for that description of men at thongthing

The present case is that of a native of Sierra Leons (William Wood)

whe

AVA

discharged) at Shanghai

a)

from the British Shije "Spartan" having

seventeen dollars

This

avages

due to him.

man states that in the

Corsular Office & Capitais Bauen divided the Master of the "Spartan" to get a pafeage licket to Wongthing for Weeds by the "Glingyli", fifteen dollars of the man's reagee bring dus sprit

the

remaining two dollars with the prafage ticket and dischar

Ship

Averi

Jiven

discharges

from the to Wood who after

payping auch debts as his small

133

A to

to the

fund would admit, went

"Glungyle" and he has landed here

destitute.

The Board of Trade with theep

the mow until he is

provided with employment but the same authorities

would equally have done

A v

aN

Shanghai if Wood had been destitute.

Nad Wood been sent here by

Carsular orden and his

to

me

The

wages

semitted

would have been

man would

provided for without becoming burden on the Imperial funds, but

as it is, his hard earned.

bun

here

wages

have

spent in defraying his passage

as A

prafenger that he might

Colony where

land destitute in

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