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Acting Governor to appoint a Committee

to enquire into the cricumstances of this Emigration, and His Excellency is pleased to select

you to form such

Committee.

It will be

you

dirty to enquire

into the amount of Medical Examination

to which the People

were

subjected

before embarkation - the period of

time thin

were in the Depot the circumstances under which the Imigrants

Maear were received the area

fum

of

the Passenger's

evenge's Deck, the nature

of.

its ventilation, and the extent of Survey

made of the provisions and water

to

It will also be necessary for you

ascertain what engning

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into the competency of the Chinese Doctris

before they

were allowed to lake charge

of so large a body of Immigrants. Meeess Thomsett, Syow

and

Sobscheid have been notified to be

prepared to lay before you

such

endence,

documentary and otherwise, as they may

be able to produce.

In conclusion I am to observe

that Heis excellency is desirous that

You should enter on this Enquiry as early as possible. -

I have &c.

(signed) Mr. H. Alexander, Acting Colonial Secutan