but I much doubt sufficient, they point out that this is the first time the fact flush an opium bring on board has been stated. In the previous papers the descriptions of the officers and crew of the ship were repeatedly referred to - But there is no allusion, either in the Melbourne report or the Emigration Officer's explanation, to a native doctor. The only reference to such a person is that a Chinese "saep" (called "Doctor") was one of the passengers who died of scurvy. (Chinese called "Doctors" appear common among the bodies of Immigrants in the ship. Vide Report of Italia. there were 24. Apr. 1869. there was nothing to show that the Doctor who died of scurvy was in charge of the emigrants.)
Second. the Governor dates that I was in error in supposing that the provisions were not examined "on board the ship." I did not profess to know where they were examined. On the contrary, I expressly stated that the mode of examining provisions must depend on the accommodation of the ship - What appeared to me open to comment was the statement of the Emigration Officer that it was impossible for him to ascertain the quantity of