feet only,
a la
was inadequate that
tarpaulin over-a
spar" (the
description gross at Melbourne)
Was
an
objectionable way of
protecting the main hatch
that it was
implicitly admitted
that there were neither wind,
sails nor
signals
to ascertain the quantity
was
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on board
specially unsatisfactory.
It was pointed out that the
further provision of the Chinese Passenger
Act which requires a
Surgeon
had not been complied with.
Sir R. McDonnell's despatch
5.
on board -
is an anxious
reply to my
observations.
which he
says
"unquestionable
respect
to the
that the allegation that the excess had been sanctioned at Sydney
was no answer to its alleged
insufficiency-
the circumstances suggested a suspicion that the provisions inspected and passed by the Emigration Officer had not been put on
board - and that his statement
that it is impossible for him to be
erroneous! In
the surgeon's report, he states that there was
a native Doctor on board
He encloses a certificate showing
that a European Surgeon
could
not be procured - and he observes that a Native doctor
sufficiently meets the requirements
of the law.
The presence
of a native doctor was no