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know which steamer will be the first to leave they

issue the necessary tickets to their clients and put

them on board. They would certainly taboo a

steamer where mustering, inspecting, or other for-

malities were necessary,

At these ports, moreover, it frequently happens

that a steamer comes into port late in the evening,

and leaves again at daylight with several hundreds

of passengers, so that Consular inspection could

not take place without detaining the steamer; and

where there is so much competition detention would

mean that the passengers would be transferred to a

more convenient steamer.

I have &c.,

(Signed)

Byron Brenan,