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Inclosure 9 in despatch 173 of 1867.

Opinion of Mr Burbank.

Sis,

2039 Hong Kông

CEL

DEC. 7

I - H. C. S. N. "Pluto"

reply to

129

Canton, 14th July 1847.

your

I beg to state that.

of

the

letter of yesterday,

to state that, prior to the collision

fast boat and salt Lunk with the Meamer "Corsair " I distinctly heard

Laptain Larkins

Give

an order to put.

the Helm a Starboard which was the

proper way to clear the Salt Sunk, but. the Steamer

was at the time dragging

through the mud and would not answer her Helm, but from my being in the Zast boat I

was not in a position to

see all that took place, more especially

as it was dark at the time; the Salt

boat,

position

however,

wever, was

as

lying

in the same

I have been accustomed to

Jo, J. C. Macgregor Esquire.

H. B. Mis. Consul,

Lanton.