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by the experience of this country that the mechanic

and labourer about our

dwellings, working

under contract, will execute a very large amount of work during the day and solace himself with Opium at night . We are therefore of opinion it would not be less unjust and impracticable to pronouned all who smoke Opium as unfit for

than it would be to reject Europeans suspected of a moderate degree of dram-drinking ; nor fair to separate

emigration

those whom we had. discovered to be

a vice in which all

victims of a

less

or

indulge ;

may

and especially imprac.

chiefly Remittent . We selected on

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this

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occasion elever other cases, and sent them

ou

shore ; they embraced Fevers and

caked

cases

care

3rd.

of Diarrhoea. There

of Itch, which we

were 20

left under

under the

of the Surgeon on board

The number chosen for

entire dismissal from the ship, and to be returned to their homes on account

of morbid or congenital infirmities

They were

was six.

An irreducible Inguinal Hernia

of long standing .

more)

2.

3.

Pulmonary disease. Cachectic infirmity.

4.

ticable when our condemnation would

embrace one third of the whole. We

therefore determined upon

which will be seen in

2nd.

there

were

the course

the

sequel.

our examination

6.

On the day of.

o

36 Coolies on shore in the

hospital, under treatment for fever,

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Senile De

Divard of Heart, and suspected

of confirmed and inveterate habits of Opium smoking. Natural deformity of hand. The Chinese peasant