guarantee for their
men maintenance while
Remains
in the colony:
3.
He would first
note that the
refusal
was usual?
DRAFT.
adopt this course
(4) In what respects
did the men
allege that
the owners had broken their
agreements?
On what grounds did Capt.
Barnes, Lawrence, in his
Minute of 15th
state that the
owner's guarantee
might not be genuine, & in
his minute
of 24th
the Deputy express
the opinion
that
in discharging
the men in accordance with the
agreement, with money in their possession
for repatriation
if they became destitute,
they were unscrupulous?
MINUTE.
Mr. Antrobus.
Mr. Cox.
Mr. Lucas,
Mr. Graham.
Sir M. Ommanney.
The Duke of Marlborough,
Mr. Lyttelton.
WU & L-4000-12-04
should be glad if
the
B. of T. would
favor him with their
views on
this matter
as a whole,
especially with reference
to the point of
"It is the invariable
custom here, when ships are put under charter for conveying coolies, for Chinese
to take
the place
of Free European
crews who are
sent back to England at the owner's expense".
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