CO129-046 - Lieut. Governor Caine & Sir Bowring - 1854 [5-19／8] — Page 19

of the locality permit, for at present

the Ships

that leave this

with human beings

port

Crowded

are under no

infficient control as to the quantity of

provisions and space

n

the Seaworthiner

if the Thip, except what may be afforded

by the foresight and self interest of the

at

Jassengers

on the rutes of the place it which they disembark; and this last

spicies of control, as will

appear

in

the sequel, is not unfrequently rendered

valueless.

I cannot I think

give your Grace

уплес

in better idea of the present state of emigration in this

quearten

jextracting a few remarks on

than

by

the subject

17

from the "China Mail Newspaper

of the 16th and 251

the 16th and 25th of last innith. -

23

mouth..

It is there said that humigration to

California, notwithstanding the immense members who have already

crowded thither, is still on the incrine;

then 12,000

that

110

fewer

Chinese

in Canton and Honghong are writing shipment to San Francisco, while the departures since the 1st January last may be safely estimated at 5,500; that within the last three Mmonth's

upwards of 2100 have departed ! for Melbourne, thes showing what attention Australia is creiting

the Chinese; that chinese

among

passage brokers being under such