CO129-062 - Sir Bowring - 1857 [1-3] — Page 412

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Fordon.

ondon. It has not been disputed in the Case of the "John Calvin.

No reason has

our supporing

Appeared to boppove

that the unfortunate

sickness on

board

these vessels was

Attribitable to over-

Growding. Owing to

late

a misconception of the Emigration Officer At Hong Kong, the

numbers which he declared the Ships

Qualified to carry were larger than

the

F

the Act really

409

intended. According

to the Chinese

Passengers Act (18 +19 to Cap 104) the number of Passengers

Greater

to not to be

than after the proportion of one to every 12 Superficial

feet of thie tween Decks. The Puigration Officer did not Confine his measure

Inent

of the "tween

Decks" to the lover.

Deak

Seek (which is the

usual

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