Mr. Hayes asked the President the Board of Trade whether he was care that the Britich steamer Bri-sh Prince, originally known as the London Shipper, carrying crews of white seamen on previous voyages, fon April 23 engazed a crew of hinese sailors. firemen and memers of the catering department at Dock Street shipping office, London, thus displacing 33 white' seamen: that all these Chinese seamen en: gared gave their address ax 12 Pennyfields East, which is a Chine ese common boarding-house; that a. number of the Chinese engaged orginally sailed in Dutch. vessels; whether the Innguage tesl was strictly applied to the whole of the crew and, if 0, by whom; and when
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