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is very much disordered, this probably accounts for his falling off. On
7.
and if Mr Grimes
was speaking of
the latter classes he could scarcely
be considered
to have done good service. (29)
M. M. Dease. Caph: Supt: 8th Sept: 1879.
I can only suggest two possible Explanations of Mr Grimes' reference,
but I cannot think either satisfying.
(a) that he might have intended
to refer to fifty passengers coming those days from Chinese
ports, (for many went to Australia unnamed)
8.
Passengers
to say as he goes on were old offenders. i.e. a man
who has been
deported
in the course of his
Career-
a person
released on
conditional pardon;
the words "old offenders"
referring
to some of them were
deportées.
(b.) If Mr. Grimes
refers to deportees, it is possible that he
means men who having
been deported more
than five years before, were
liable to interference by
the Police, because the term of
deportation had Expired. The
statement that there should be fifty
such men together
is in my opinion
incredible, and must have been the
subject of an official report.
Batherson,
at present in charge of
the Water Police, writes
I have searched
the Occurrence Books and Morning
Reports from 1874
to 1878,
and
I have failed to find any record
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