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is habitually performed in a very hasty

and imperfect

manner. The bommitte bey therefore to submit to the Government the advisability of appointing a responsible

offien to perform that dutie, who shall receion

the full fee of twenty five Dollars from hundred, for

all Passengers examined.

whelkin

for

which

passed or rejected;

any

in this Colony

the lowest sum

medical man of standing

can be expected to devote

the time necessary for an adequate examination. The Committee are also

of opinion that the Emigrants should be seen at the Depotă

on shore at least once

by the medical officer previous to their embarkation; and that he should, at his final inspection on boord, be furnished