CO129-042 - Sir Bonham - 1853 [1-6] — Page 252

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In 1957/53

Victoria, Hongkong,

249

10th May, 1853.

Having been requested by Captain

Eldor of the ship Emigrants to give him

my opinion

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to the prudence of prosecuting

abandoning his intended voyage

to Demerane

on

founded upon the conversation I have had with most of the Chinese Emigrants board, and from the observations I have been able to make while visiting the ship in my official capacity, I hereby certify that; from the feeling of dissatisfaction which I have noticed to prevail on board

amongst the greater portion of the pas - Sengers, and the expressed determination on the part of many to return to their homes, from the dangerous

menaces which I have

heard fall from several of the most diesa . -trefied, should the ship proceed

on the

voyage, and, from my experience of the Chinese character, knowing that such

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