The Archive · 1880

18 INDIA SOLVENT

Taking the whole of the liabi assets from Ist April, 1872, to Slst 1879, as compared at the two peri shown an increase in the balance of liability los from £91,474,344 to £98,168,121, not mola ing the amount expended on' guaranteed rail-ayu, and taking as a good asset the capitol expenditure on. productive work increase cannot be deemed satis Botore the vessel left they would have got ing

the Chinese on deck and examined their kets, Those without any would a sent ashore, and he would have the number did not exceed that of those counted the previous day. The vessel would not have left riga in all pro! bility until seven or eight a.m. The only way of ascertaining if more passengers w inboard than the number allowed was to count them immediately before Those in ence On the 22nd July, Mr. jeott left Amoy for Hongkong. On his he received a telegram from Amoy, from the Chinese clerk, British subject), informing him that the Consul had, together with his assistant some Chit away, and threatened to notify the Chins authorities to close the firm if he (the clerk)

4p.m, on On' the Sth instant the captain of the Carisbrooke was summoned for not hi the chief engineer's boy on the arti and was fined $25 and costs. The capt in his defence, explained to the Ca that up to the 12th July he w: mate of the Carisbrooke; that he ha command at very short no!

Wharton at the charterer's request havin, left to take command of the Lorne at Sing pore; that he believed and had been informa by Captain Wharton that the boy was on the articles, but that in the hurry of taking over the ship he did not himself look at the articles; that as the hoy wished to leave, he took him to the Consalate to discharge bim, and that up to that time he believed he was on, the articles, as was shown by his coming to th Consulate to discharge him; adding that if h had known the boy was not on the articles he would have settled with him on board and bankruptey, as a ular move ordinary income. setting aside euch disasters, the generally shows the propre which was to be of said to be. not only a diminution of income of at least two millions, but a direct expenditure in relief of nearly fourteen and a half millions; by mounting to ten and and the Afghan War expenditure of If, then, the seven years under y be regarded as ordinary manifest that unless the at the rate of nearly a mi this must in course of time bring about a -Public Opinion,

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