CO129-037 - Sir Bonham - 1851 [6-9] — Page 193

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instructions, as

the Conviets

sentenced to transportation from hence are

generally Prisoners who have been found quilty of Piracy, cutting and wounding. Burglary with violence, and other heinous offences of a similar nature

I shall however lose no time in addressing the authorities at

Labuan

on

the subject, and

requesting to know whether they

are desirous of receiving Convicts

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this description

譬

3. During the

year

1850 only

year

previous.-

I would beg to remark

49 Convicts were transported from

henec, and 28 during the

that since I have been at Stoughong

am not.

leaving

aware of

of any vessel

Labuan, and

the Colorry for

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I therefore much fear that. I shall be unable to obtain a passage for Convicts to that Colony, except at

sune

a very exorbitant rate of payment, expecially if the convicts be sent from

from here in small number.

4. I believe it would not be

legal, but even

if it were, it would be inconvenient and expensive to send Convicts intended for

for Labuan

to Singapore in the first instance,

and the only plan

itself to my

that

presents

mind to obtain a

pariage for them would be the employment of

of one of Her Majesty's

Vessels ; but I am disposed to think that unless the Naval Commander in-chief had direct instructions

from the Lords Commissionas the Admiralty to this

of

effect,

he