a
be
day, 4/2 days ought to
calculated
as the time.
-ordinarily occupied on the
This
to consult
234
on the propriety
of taking coolies to Madras-
stock.
voyage.
be
reasonable
argument would be enough if Messrs.
Jardine Matheson & Co. had
the
monopoly of the trade.
or if the only rivals to their
were full powered
Vessels
or mail steamers, but if
a
paying passenger trade is started,
tramps of the worst
ocean
description may compete, and unless the Chinese Passengers
are kept in force, I must give
5 knot 300 ton
advantages
and
privileges
as the 13 knot, double decked,
2000
ton
"Howshing.
I add that last
of one
year
the master
of Mr. Milo Möller's
sailing vessels, well known
on
the coast of China, came
forward against uncalled for restrictions imposed on
British vessels, or
to drive the trade into ves-
sels of another flag by
imposing
British Merchants to
expenses from which others are
exempt, but when there is
a
manifest and
crying
evil
I feel that I must do all
in my power to stop it, no matter whose pockets suffer, and when the safety of hu-
man life is in one scale
and a few dollars in the other, I should be
wanting
in my duty if I did not allow the former to weigh
down the latter.