CO129-046 - Lieut. Governor Caine & Sir Bowring - 1854 [5-19／8] — Page 22

than counterbalance its advantages-

be) and (small though it be ) would induce the humigrant Coolic to seck its crasion by embarkation at some then Port.

5. The process of collecting passengers for California Ships appears to be somewhat as follows. A passage broker at Houghtong (not unfrequently

a man

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found a few

straw, who is not to be

hours

after

the vessel

leaves) sends out his crimps to the mainland, and these

on

the

payment

of about five Gollaw as bargain

money give

cach

to incr candidate for shipment a bargain. Ticket sealed

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with the Seal of the broker for whome

they met. With this fielat the

act.

Candidate proceeds to Arughing where

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payment of the balance of parrage turng and re-delivery of the bargain Ticket a is granted securing to the

pazzage

Jiekit

poziciin

a passage to California... Thus the

broker

may receive the

Tumcy of

Ship-load of passengers before he has

the

provided by the purchase on Charter of Ships for the accoumurtatio

of

even a small number

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the.....

If the charter money be high the

Ship

owners may often risk the conficcation of the Ship at the Port debarkation in consequence of

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