"the after hatchways with
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Canvas was adopted when the Honorable Mr Austin was in charge of the West Indiau Emigration Agency
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being
more conducive to
the health of those living
below and
lver since.
the plan has obtained
This hood is easily
the
spread or rolled up as
weather requires.
// A house is built round
the fore-hatchway,
the
hood could not so well stand
subject to
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the weather which that end of a ship is is fitted with cowls reaching below the upper deck and if after sailing they became insecure it was of course the
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duty of the master to hand71 them refasteneds.
12. Insufficiency of Medical
Comforts and of food which proved to be unfit for issue.
It is the duty of the Emigration Officer to inspect the food provided for the Emigrants. The whole of the provisions remain unstated until this duty is performed. The Officer selects from
them such packages Choose indiscriminately; they
are
as
he may
opened and if found of
good quality the whole of the provisions
are passed and
stowed below. Should they be found of an
description they
inferior
are lauded