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arising out of a heavy mortality

(upwards of 40 per cent) which occured

"Prieder"

board the Ship Incolor carrying

Chinese Laborers from Hong Kong to Surinam in May 1865.

3.

The Governa

to institure

an

wao

enquiry

instructed

into the

circumstances connected with this

Emigration._ Ite accordingly

appointed

ah

Committee to take

evidence and report

result showed that no

attached to the Ship.

mov

to

one

any

the cave, the

blame,

or her fittings,

connected with

the selection and despatch of

the

migrants, but that the mortality

wax

wav

due to the outbreak

epidemic which

waa

f

raging.

an

in the

Victoria Prison at the time the

"Tricolor "sailed, and which must

have been carried on

latent slate be

The enquiry

improvements

details

by

Some

q

board in a

The Emigrants.

however disclosed that

were needed in the

the supervision of Emigrants,

expecially

with

reference

to their

medical examination and

cautions previoris

precaut

so

sanitary

to

embarkation.

A. Mr. Carduell thereupon

directed the forerun

to make

thorough revision of the existing

"regulations with the vais to their

amendment.