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of the Emigrants: the Committee are of opinion that Dr. Syon did not inspect- the Passengers on board the Tricolor with

adequate care and minuteness. Firm his own statement, it appears that about

4

for hours

wvert

ocenpied in the examination

of over 480 Emigrants, being,

man

average

but thirty seconds for each individual, a

time quite insufficient for proper medical inspection

It has been shewn that the fee

allowed by the

Government

for

the-

examination of Emigrants, has been

reduced by medical practitioners to one

so small that no

can be insured

for

thorough inspection

the sum paid, and

consequently the required examinatio

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