Sir,
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Inclosure 9 in No. 2.
Mr. Mc Donald to Mr. Fletcher.
Yokohama, May 16, 1868.
IN compliance with your request I have surveyed and inspected the British ship "Scioto," and beg to report as under:
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1. The "Scioto" is a good and staunch vessel.
2. She has ample accommodation for the number of passengers she is chartered to carry from this port.
3. The sanitary arrangements are very fair, there being three good ventilators in the lower deck, and three large hatchways; and as the ship is only in ballast trim, the hatches, unless under most exceptional circumstances, will never require to be put on. Water-closets well fitted on the upper deck.
4. There are on board 18,000 gallons of sweet water, sufficient at a gallon per day for passengers and crew for forty-eight days.
5. There are 400 piculs of rice, besides salted vegetables, the usual food of the Japanese, on board.
6. The medicine-chest has been replenished; she carries a medical man as surgeon, and there are anti-scorbutics on board.
I consider the ship to be fully found in every way to carry 350 Japanese from this port to the Sandwich Islands, and that every attention is being paid to their comfort.
I have &c.
(Signed) 'WM. Mc DONALD,
Surveyor for Lloyd's Agents, &c.
No. 3.
(No. 118.) Sir,
Lord Stanley to Sir H. Parkes.
Foreign Office, August 18, 1868.
I HAVE received your despatch No. 135 of the 12th of June, relative to the embarkation at Yokohama of some Japanese emigrants to the Sandwich Islands, and I have to state to you that I approve your refusal to give the guarantee for their return which Mr. Van Reed endeavoured to obtain from you, and your caution to the Consul at Kanagawa to see that proper provision was made for the comfort of the emigrants in the event of their being shipped on an English vessel.
麻
The Agreement signed by the French and English Ministers at Peking in 1866, respecting coolie emigration, having been found objectionable in some particulars, Her Majesty's Government and the French Government are now in discussion with the Chinese Government on the subject. The result of these negotiations will in due time be communicated to you; but in the meanwhile I inclose a copy of the printed correspondence which has passed on the question for your information.
I am, &c.
(Signed)
STANLEY.
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Sir,
With reference to 13th ultimo, I am directed by Lord Stanley to transmit to you a copy of a despatch which His Lordship has addressed to Sir R. Alcock, Her Majesty's Minister at Peking, instructing him to demand from the Chinese government an apology for the attempt made by Chinese junks to levy salt dues in Hong Kong waters, together with a recognition of the illegality of such proceedings, and a promise that they shall not be repeated.
I am, Sir,
Your most obedient humble servant.
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Sir,
8
Inclosure 9 in No. 2.
Mr. Mc Donald to Mr. Fletcher.
Yokohama, May 16, 1868. IN compliance with your request I have surveyed and inspected the British ship Scioto," and beg to report as under :----
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1. The "Scioto is a good and staunch vessel.
2. She has ample accommodation for the number of passengers she is chartered to carry from this port.
3. The sanitary arrangements are very fair, there being three good ventilators in the lower deck, and three large hatchways; and as the ship is only in ballast trim, the hatches, unless under most exceptional circumstances, will never require to be put ou Water- closets well fitted on the upper deck.
4. There are on board 18,000 gallons of sweet water, sufficient at a gallon per day for passengers and crew for forty-eight days.
5. There are 400 piculs of rice, besides salted vegetables, the usual food of the Japanese, on board.
6. The medicine-chest has been replenished; she carries a medical man as surgeon, and there are anti-scorbutics on board.
I consider the ship to be fully found in every way to carry 350 Japanese from this port to the Sandwich Islands, and that every attention is being paid to their comfort.
I have &c.
(Signed) 'WM. Mc DONALD,
Surveyor for Lloyd's Agents, &c.
No. 3.
(No. 118.) Sir,
Lord Stanley to Sir H. Parkes.
Foreign Office, August 18, 1868. I HAVE received your despatch No. 135 of the 12th of June, relative to the embarkation at Yokohama of some Japanese emigrants to the Sandwich Islands, and I have to state to you that I approve your refusal to give the guarantee for their return which Mr. Van Reed endeavoured to obtain from you, and your caution to the Consul at Kanagawa to see that proper provision was made for the comfort of the emigrants in the event of their being shipped on an English vessel.
麻
The Agreement signed by the French and English Ministers at Peking in 1866, respecting coolie emigration, having been found objectionable in some particulars, Her Majesty's Government and the French Government are now in discussion with the Chinese Government on the subject. The result of these negotiations will in due time be communicated to you; but in the meanwhile I inclose a copy of the printed correspondence which has passed on the question for your information.
I am, &c.
(Signed)
STANLEY.
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Under Secretary of State
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Sir
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