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Mortality, amongst the Chinese

on board the Ship

on

future re

recasions.

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passengers "buigrant";

bound

from

Whampoa

put

to Demerara, and which had

in here

for

the

purpose of.

completing her Crew.

12. In laying the Report of the

Commission as well as the

Documents counseted there with 125 tilb. before your Grace, I beg respectfully

to call attention to the

precautionary

the

(measures proposed by Commission for cusuring the health and comfort of the Chinese humigrants, as such, I think, ought invariably to be adopted

5.

I would bey to subruit that,

it is absolutely necessary

that

all shipments of Coolies should be attended with Governmental

this

an

supervision, and that Establishment for should be specially appointed...

purpose

I am further of opinion that

as much care and caution should be used in shipping

Coolies

as are

from

hence to our Colonies

usually adopted with regard to our own troops, bearing in mind the prejudices of Coolies, to whom the nature and

the

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