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you for Lord Stanky's information

that on

the occasion of the

inquiry concerning the mortality of the "Duke of Portland, My Lords pointed out to the

Foreign Office the expediency of calling the attention M. Consuls at Ports to which

Chinese Emigrants

of

are carried,

to the provisions of the 5=

Section of the Chinese

Prinese Pasengers

Act 18 & 10 Oid. c. 104. and

of instructing inquiry, when

Them to make

occaliow

Should

should arise, My Lords were

then informed that

the

decretary of State had com

after the passing of the

Chinese

Passengers

αet

Youed

a

fircular

of which

on the

are

subject, copies

no doubt in

the possession of the

folonial

Office - Subsequently another

fircular

was

issued

on the

occurring

culyject of deaths on bourd British Ships, a

copy of which is enclosed

21:

*.