5.
6.
2.
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Passenger on board
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15.
Tsang Hui Ching
14. Arthur George Groves-
Inspector of Police.
Fruit Stall Manager on board
"Kwong Tung"
16.
Chu Chung Ling
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17.
Mak Kau
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18.
Hui Yuen
19.
Lung Mun
20.
George Edward Willerton
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21.
Donald William Gould (DR.)
G
22.
Thomas Edward Jackson
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Leonard
23.
Leslie Haynes
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Detective Sub-Inspector,C.I D.
Medical Officer, Hong Kong
Medical Service.
Assistant Director of Marine (Ship Surveys).
Sub-Inspector of Police, Hong Kong
THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS ARE ATTACHED:-
A.
THE WARRANT convening the Court.
B. Minutes of the proceedings.
C.
D.
Evidence of Witnesses.
A Plan showing the general layout of the main deck of the "Kwong Tung".
FINDING OF THE COURT:-
We find that the River Steaner "Kwong Tung", official
Number 116,032 and of 1218.44 gross tons, registered at
Hongkong under the ownership of the Yuen on Steamship Co.,
Ltd., of 8, Queen's Road West, Hong Kong, arrived in the
Port of Victoria from Canton at about 8.0 a.m. on Saturday
the 31st day of January, 1948, and berthed alongside the
east side of the pier known as the Yuen On Wharf where she
lay port side to.
.m.
p.)
The "Kwong Tung" was due to sail for Canton at 9.0
having cleared outwards with a NIL manifest, and there is
no doubt in our minds that she was satisfactorily equipped
and manned for the forthcoming voyage and that Charles
Trott was the Master of the vessel.
We accept the evidence that passengers began to embark
after 5.0 p.m. and we have no reason to doubt that the es-
timated number on board at the time of the casualty was
between four and five hundred persons. Although only four
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