CO129-194 - Governor Hennessy Administrator Tonnochy - 1881 [8-9] — Page 176

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it was only after their receipt of the Government Surveyor's Certificate of Measurement that they were enabled to know how many passengers the law allowed the vessel.

I would also most respectfully point out that my letter of the 22 April forwarding Gurney Castle's application for overcrowding licence for the purpose of conveying 8396 Chinese passengers to the Australian Colonies, while my minute and initialled alteration of figures from 600 to 5379 in the body of the form was made on the 23 April, a day later.

In addition to keeping all the documents connected with the Gurney Castle in complete state, I may add that it has not hitherto been usual to make special application for permission to make such corrections, especially when the same document referred to drew attention to it. His Excellency's present instructions will receive great attention under this head.

I have &c.

(Signed) H. G. Thomsett

Harbor Master, &c.

A pen was, so far as I recollect at this distance of time, drawn through the figure 600, and 8396 placed underneath, with a view...


By oversight C.S.O. 1150 omitted from letter No. 965. Will the Harbour Master be good enough to add the date to the document?

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174it was only after their receipt of the Government Surveyor's Certificate of Measurement that they were enabled to know how many passengers the law allowed the vessel.I would also most respectfully point out that my letter of the 22 April forwarding Gurney Castle's application for overcrowding licence for the purpose of conveying 8396 Chinese passengers to the Australian Colonies, while my minute and initialled alteration of figures from 600 to 5379 in the body of the form was made on the 23 April, a day later.In addition to keeping all the documents connected with the Gurney Castle in complete state, I may add that it has not hitherto been usual to make special application for permission to make such corrections, especially when the same document referred to drew attention to it. His Excellency's present instructions will receive great attention under this head.I have &c.(Signed) H. G. ThomsettHarbor Master, &c.A pen was, so far as I recollect at this distance of time, drawn through the figure 600, and 8396 placed underneath, with a view...By oversight C.S.O. 1150 omitted from letter No. 965. Will the Harbour Master be good enough to add the date to the document?
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the G

Govern

Surveyor's

Certificate of Measurement

that they

were enabled to know

how m

many passengers

the

law allowed the vessel.

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of the 22 april forwarding

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complete state. add that it has

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I have te.

(Signed) H. GJ. Thomsell

Harbor Master, &c.

A pen was, so for

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overeight C. S.0.1150

comitted from letter

N° 965. Will the Harbour

Master be

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add the date to the documen

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