that the mortality on board the Day Spring was caused by the brutality of,
the master and on
their reiterate
point I would rest
the opinion already expressed by the Eming Comd, viz, that if you do not
possess power under the
Sect of the Chinese passengers
Act which requires
that a passenger ship shall be
properly manned, to obviate
the incompetent or
misconducted master you
should
be invested with such power by a local
Ordinance.
I have to request you on that point to consult with
the Att & Gen!
Letter to Incasury
const 15 September 1869
726
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Sir,
RECEIVED
AUG 14 1869
Emigration Board
B
454
11th August 1869
I have to acknowledge your letter of the 6th
from the Secretary to the Social Science Association inclosing extracts of Newspapers with an account of inquests held on Coolies who had died in the P. & O. Steamer "China" in Hongkong. You also enclose a copy of the London
Telegraph
on the
same subject.
a copy of the despatch
from Earl Granville to the Governor of Hongkong desiring
his Excellency Rogers Bart...