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able precautions. The main thing was to see that the

steerage passengers were separated from the rest of the

ship by an iron grating.

I replied that if the Chinese Government tock

offective stops to deal with tho matter, they night

recken upon receiving our cordial co-operation.

I communicated the result of this interview to Dr.

Mansfield by telegram and have since had a conversation

with Sir R.Hart on the subject. Sir Robert is still

averse to supplying the money from Customs funds and

adheres generally to the views which I reported in tha

above mentioned desputch.

A despatch which I received from Admiral Moore and

of which a copy is enclosed herewith, enabled me to point

out to Sir R.Fart that his views were not chared by a

high naval authority who had studied the question on

the spot. Sir Robert admitted that his own Commissioner

at Canton differed from him on the question, and at his

request I furnished him with a copy of Admiral Noore's

despatch, in the hope that its arguments may lead him

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