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October at about 40 5 pm. We tool in about 2,800 tons of Cargo at London - We discharged about 300 tons of heavy Cargo, a good deal of copper, at Singapore, and took about 300 tons of light cargo
When we
left- Singapore
in
in
the Ship drew 21th 13th, aft. and 1884 10th fand Whilet at Singapore 280 Chinese Papengers came on board. Ibehove that was the number
dis not count then
as the Agent told me so-. They
durung
and
came on
bourd
the morning
the might of the 25th of the 26th. They brought their luggage and provisions with them. The luggage was stowed
on
the Upper Deck. The crew and the Chinese
themselves lasked the Boxes securely. There
was no place below the Upper Deck appropinatid
to Chinese pafengers or to their luggage. The thip supplied them with water only.
papengers brought their own
The
Charcoal to cook
their food with - We had fire weather from the
26th the day of
ow
departure, until the 30th
to October. On that day the wind began increcise and continued to do so entiel 3pm of that day when it was blowing a Gale of The Barometer was falling. When it
wind- was known that bad weather was
setting
in