CO129-132 - Sir MacDonnell - 1868 [8-9] — Page 104

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act on board of any higrant Ship leaving WagKongs

18.

a

A most serious miting occurred)

board the "Pride of this Range

(engaged carrying

to Demerara

in

coolies

cock's from Whaw foo

December 186)

when

the Captain and arking Purser, an employé of Mr Sampson were

were thrown overboard, the ship taken to Wainan

and all the coolies deserted the vessel. The afterwards reached. Hongkong, when

Marine lowt investigated the

the result of which

not

very

pape),

creditâble to chose concerived in the

despatch of that vefeel.

19.

Pour months afterwards anortier venting scoured on board the "Jedds"

also engaged by Mr Sampson to

Parry

coolies

from Amay to the Woat

Indies. This ship

was

set fire to

when close to Anjer in the Straits

of Sunda. Many of the Chinese word

drowned in their endeavors to.

to get

the shore, while those that reached

to

it in safely entered the service of a Railway Company in Javas.

20.

Mr Sampisar's system of

Emigration may

be

Mart

perfect than

ours but as the Emigration Officer of

this

front,

Jam

quite willing to be

judged by the results.

21.

In conceeding this portion of

my

remartto, I may

add that I have

been quite content to leave Mr

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