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Moreover it appears to the Committee that the space allotted to each Colonist is sufficient and that it ought to be of 3 cubic metres, taking only the available space into account.
It is desirable that the Colonists should be made in Steamers provided with an Engine for a sufficient quantity of water for the number of Colonists and also that all this should have a reasonable number of boats, and at least one life boat & a Safety Crew.
The Committee avails itself of this opportunity to remind that it is urgently necessary to establish regular communication at the Ports to which the Colonists migrate, where there must be an Interpreter of the Chinese language for the purpose of protecting the Colonists, if they were Portuguese Subjects, watching over the full compliance with the conditions of their Contracts, and also taking care of their return to their native Country upon the expiration of the stipulated period, & affording them every means of corresponding with their relatives.
Finally the Committee is of the urgent necessity of embodying into one Code of Regulations, the various enactments at present in force with respect to emigration, paying due attention to the necessary reforms which it is expedient should be introduced into the said Regulations, in order that the measures...
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