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From (allas for another Geruvian Port with Chinese on board) that the Chinese had mutinied and murdered all the crew, except the Master whom they kept to navigate the vessel; that she had drifted into the sea of Okhotsk where the Master and the Cook (a Chinese) escaped; and that eventually she was found in the neighbourhood of Hakodate in an unmanageable condition and brought into port. The Chinese are in confinement and the vessel is in the custody of the U.S. States Minister who has applied to Washington for instructions.

It does not appear whether the Chinese were incited to mutiny by ill-treatment, or simply by desire for possession of the dollars of which there was a considerable amount on board recently arrived. They had sailed from Macao, the immigrants from which port have repeatedly committed outrages of a similar nature.

There is nothing to be done in the matter by Her Majesty's Government, but considering the class of Emigrants despatched from Macao, as evidenced by this and previous cases, it is a matter of satisfaction that, for the present at least, Emigration from that Settlement...

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From (allas for another Geruvian Port with Chinese on board) that the Chinese had mutinied and murdered all the crew, except the Master whom they kept to navigate the vessel; that she had drifted into the sea of Okhotsk where the Master and the Cook (a Chinese) escaped; and that eventually she was found in the neighbourhood of Hakodate in an unmanageable condition and brought into port. The Chinese are in confinement and the vessel is in the custody of the U.S. States Minister who has applied to Washington for instructions. It does not appear whether the Chinese were incited to mutiny by ill-treatment, or simply by desire for possession of the dollars of which there was a considerable amount on board recently arrived. They had sailed from Macao, the immigrants from which port have repeatedly committed outrages of a similar nature. There is nothing to be done in the matter by Her Majesty's Government, but considering the class of Emigrants despatched from Macao, as evidenced by this and previous cases, it is a matter of satisfaction that, for the present at least, Emigration from that Settlement...
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from (allas for

another Geruvian

Port with Chinese on board _ that the Chinese had mutinied and murdered all the Aww, except

the Master whom they kept to ravigate the repel. that she had drifted into the sea of okotek where the Master and

the Cook (a Chinese) escaped -

and that

sventually

she was

found in the reighbourhood

=

of Hakodate in an

an unmanage =able condition and brough into bort. The Chinese are in confinement and the repel is in the custody of the W. States Minister who has applied to washington for instructions.

It does not appear whether the Chinese were invited

3.

409

to muting by illtreatment, or

a seire to popes

simply by

Desme=

sectors of the dollars of which there

wal

OL

considerable amount ou

assived

recently arsen

board. They had scoutly

in beru from Macas, the immigrants from which dosl have repeatedly

=rages of a

mmitted out =

similar nature.

There is nothing to be done

in the maller

by

Her Majestyj

Government, but considering the class of Emigrants despatched

from Macao, as

Evidenerd

by this and previous cases,

it is matter of satisfaction

that

for the

present

atleach

Emigration from that Settlement

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