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Greenock of March 1837.
Farther says. My attention has now been specially directed to the Chine passengers Act 1855. It is impossible= to ascertain, at Greenock, whether the Master of the John Calvin complied with the provisions of that Act, except in so far as the number of passengers carried
may
be found from his own log,
in the vessel
and this has
been done by the witness Sohn Cameron, who is my clerk. With regard to Section II of the Act which provides that no
" Chinese passenger ship shall
clear out or proceed to sea or
on any more than seven
• voyage of
A
"day's duration until the martes " thereof shall have received from an emigration officer
copy of the regulations " referred. to in section III and a "Certificate " in the form contained in Schedule "B'annexed to the Act, it cannot be ascertained in Greenock Whether the Captain received. a copy of such regulations or received the said Certificate.
as Shipping Masta, did not and had no right to demand.
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from the Captain, production of
"these documents and he had left Greenock for London before I was called upon to be Jerecogn nosced in this matter. Perhaps the witness Loob, who was Steward
of the vessel and who is still in Greenock,
may afford some information as to the
of provisions, fuel and
issues
be able to
water to as provided for in section I of schedule A anniejed
to the said Act.
Tobserve from the Captain's
Calvin
log that the Emigration officer was on board of the "John Call on the 8th day of March and Appears likewise from
an entry
on the 12th to have been on board that day which was the day immediately previous to exiting This is also truth.
John W. Shaun
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