but these cases have been &
accidental and not the
a desire to get rid
result of
of the siven at
hazard .
any Had the Consuls been as
this Government.
scrupulons as
would
has shown itself in the - desposition of seamen, there
have been no occasion for the lengthy correspondence
which has taken place on subject.
the
I find by returns
for the subsistence of this
class of men.
the years
that du
during
1866 and 1867, Seventeen
Seamen were sent hence to the Torts of Foochon, Macas and Whampoa to be provided with passages to England,
and that
105.
during the
145 Same
and
period one hundred five seamen were received from the Consular Ports of China for manntenance, and
in some
heatment.
cases for Hospital
I am of opinion that
it would be better that the disposition of distressed
seauren at the Consular Ports and Hong Kong also
was placed on a reciprocal
the object of both
footing
ad
must be to keep a proper
supervision
aver
the Imperial
funds from which this class
of men receive relief.
I have no
For
myself
objection to seamen being