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and a

London to enquire into the case. That Board has made its report

copy of the Report and of the

evidence taken is enclosed for MP3 Labouchere's information. esidence given before the board is

The

Conformed by the entries in the official

which has been examined at

Log

this Office.

a

The Report and evidence contain

full Statement of all that happened

during

the

voyage - They shew that

of three hundred and thirty two

Emigrantes shipped,

m

less than one

on

The

hundred and twenty eight died

!

the papage

from fever They give

most

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as it appears

and doine.

by Suicide .

an account of the first appearanc

of discontent and mutinous conduct on

-the part of the Emigrants in the

Part of Hong Hong and they shew "the steps taken by the Captair in the Cause of the voyage. My doas

have however been anxious to obtain

further information upon

ove

or two

points to which the attention of the

Local Marine Board does not appear

to have been specially directed.

Those points are

1. By what persons and on whose

behalf the ship was chartered for the

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