te President said that there being no further evidence to call they would now finding. following finding was in the course of a few minutes find that the Namchow was british vessel of 1,109 tons registered tonnage, official number 63,588, belonging to the port of Penang. It appears from the evidence before this Court that she cleared from Hongkong on the 6th inst. bound for Amoy with a general cargo and a crew of 68 hands all tuid as well as not more than 491 passengers, From the affidavits before the Court it appears that on the night of the 7th inst. in the vicinity of Breaker Point the engines stepped and apparently the hull of the vessel was water entering, and ultimately i of attempted repairs the vessel foundered [about 8 a.m, on the morning of the 8th linst.- AI! the Europeans on board and between three atid four hundred of the {passengers and crew were lost, The survivors were saved in fishing boats, part Jreaching the fishing junk in one of the ship's boats, and pare being rescued from the water. "The ship's boats with the one exception that: renewed the, fishing junk appear tu have been lowered wud swamped jong side when the vessel sank, "Given under our hands this 28th day of January, 1892, at Victoria, Hongkong. "OW, GE. H. Bastixes, President.
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