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able precautions. The main thing was to see that the
steerage passengers were separated from the rest of the
ship by an iron grating.
I replied that if the Chinese Government tock
offective stops to deal with tho matter, they night
recken upon receiving our cordial co-operation.
I communicated the result of this interview to Dr.
Mansfield by telegram and have since had a conversation
with Sir R.Hart on the subject. Sir Robert is still
averse to supplying the money from Customs funds and
adheres generally to the views which I reported in tha
above mentioned desputch.
A despatch which I received from Admiral Moore and
of which a copy is enclosed herewith, enabled me to point
out to Sir R.Fart that his views were not chared by a
high naval authority who had studied the question on
the spot. Sir Robert admitted that his own Commissioner
at Canton differed from him on the question, and at his
request I furnished him with a copy of Admiral Noore's
despatch, in the hope that its arguments may lead him
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