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there. Existing drawbacks to be obviated were
Steam Vessels employed in the Conveyance of the Coolies - the mortality would be less as the passage
would be shorter, & that there would be a break
at Karkakoa Midway.
2nd Attempts at Insurrection, & arson on board Drone Vessels would be frustrated.
3rd Running in a straight line, the
Coast would be lost sight of very soon, and Islands on the passage avoided, thus attempts at making themselves masters of the ships rendered, he says, Impossible with the capital invested to be greater; - but on the other hand & trips could be made within the Year instead of one - 5th Emigration would Increase on account of Certainty of ships to Emigrate & the full facility afforded in
their transit - He says, the Emigration being
Well Managed Coolies now Shipped for Cuba, Malacca & California would find their way to South America -
The Committee concludes
that
for the sake of humanity & Civilization Shipping Coolies in Sailing vessels may be put a stop
to.
the Peruvian
The Extract of the letter inserted in the Journal in Macao above mentioned seems to have elicited a communication from the Manager of the Pacific Steam Navigation Co., also published in the Journal, in which he states that the Directors of the Pacif. Mail. S. Ship Co. - & of the Steam Co. in the Pacific have made arrangements for bringing Coolie Class Passengers from San Francisco, Panama to Callao, - that the time would