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all their aspels officered by Europe aux. principally Butish, & conducted under Bontisk Board of Frade repulations, besion several smaller com paines.
I reset being an prepared with statisties showing accurated the number - men in question, but chir
of steamers & men in quest
8 state 100 Steamers
within the mark if s
mostly carrijng three Exquicers.
meuch in
The supply of Expricer Sficers is chiefly main tamed by the engageme Bitain of yours
men
men who stark at the Lave
to wesh grade some of whom may has previous ex experience robtained a tecno Class Certificate bat feverally
not, & the object of this letter is to point
"these young men now experien. out the difficulty, in obe
oblaming
Shanghai a certificate
ah
or one of a
higher grade than that held.
The method of procedure now is for
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