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See confidential Despatch from Sir A. Kennedy received yesterday
GR1178/1922/32(III)
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Letter
Emigration Rosed
7th August 1872
I have to acknowledge your letter with a despatch of 30 from the Governor of Hongkong on the subject of the mortality onboard the ship Guiding Star on her voyage from Hongkong to New Zealand.
The mortality, which was upwards of 20 per cent, was attributed firstly to the length of the voyage and secondly to the badness of the provisions. The first, which was the consequence...
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