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the Report of the Local

Marme Board of

Loudon,

It has not been chreputed

in the case

"Balvur. "

No

reason

of

the Johnn

has appeared

for supposing that the unfortunate sickness

board these vessels

attributable to over

on

w do

crowding.

Owing to a misconception

of

the

at

Emigration officer

Hong Kongs

the mumbers which he declared the

Slups qualified to Carry

larger than the act

were

really intended. decording

to

to the Chinese Passenger det Tie Cap 104) the

(18 and

number of Passengers is not to be greater than after the proportion of one to

every

12 superficial fect of the "tween Decks. The Elmigration

the

the lower

Officer did not confine his measurement of "tween deck," deck (which is the usual and real meaning of the term) but michided all these parts of the

upper housed

Deck which were-

over

thus formed

and which

d

space fit

for