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ultimate

abandonment by

that ship of

2

her

voyage.

The Emigrant"

was

chartered by Mex Turner

and

O under directions

from Mess's Hyde Hodge

and O; not,

ao

supposed

by

the authorities at

Hong

Kong,

under

agreement.

of

with this board but

in order to obtain the

سند

promised

Bounty, by

a

Colonial

Proclamation promised to the

importers of

J.

Chinese Labonero.

The left Whampoa

the

in the afternoon of 24 th of april with (as far

ao

1

be ascertained) 350

Coolies on board.

at y

a m

on

3

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informed that

N

the next

day

the mate

the

was

Passengers

was

one

dead and the

Medical Officer found

mena

on

examination that the man had apparently

fever

a

some

died

f

and that there board several

Caseo

remittent type and

were)

of a typhoid character.

Before reaching Hong Kong

the 27 th of april,

on

number

Caves

T increased to 30

after

had

the

and

shotly

died.

arrival 2 moe

An enquiry

was

immediately

instituted the sick were

taken to Hospitala

shove;

and

it

the

th

om

9

would

seem

7 may that yo

persons

9