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them, but Maristers of Ships always

object to take destitute seamen

are ill or well. The

whether they Colo:val Surgeons

was in a much

better position to know whether the

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capable of undertaking voyage than the Surgeon of the Ship would be. I saw them and questioned

that they

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each up to his ailment send my impression. very good condition for embarkation. T have seen many invalids of the.

much

Royal Navy embarked in a

worde starts than the patients by the Azan were. It is a mother of humanity to give such persons or chance of saving their lives by removal to a better o

climate and I should regret to see the

or

existing Low with respect to Sick

destitute Merchant Seamen cancelled.

The question of a fair remuneration

for the conveyance of Sich Seamen is one that I think might be favorably considered by the Board of Trade,

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the sum of one Shilling per diem as allowed by the Merchant Shipping Act must be less than the east of food and Medicines with Medical

Attendance,

A Serious point to be considered.

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is that if the Ajsa had not carried a Medical Man, these seamen would not have been placed on board. They would have remained in Hong Hong