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know which steamer will be the first to leave they
issue the necessary tickets to their clients and put
them on board. They would certainly taboo a
steamer where mustering, inspecting, or other for-
malities were necessary,
At these ports, moreover, it frequently happens
that a steamer comes into port late in the evening,
and leaves again at daylight with several hundreds
of passengers, so that Consular inspection could
not take place without detaining the steamer; and
where there is so much competition detention would
mean that the passengers would be transferred to a
more convenient steamer.
I have &c.,
(Signed)
Byron Brenan,