They are simply there to inspect. to report. and to send forward their reports with each vessel. They would have no authority. of course. to control the vessel. The vessels may bring such people here. if the company insist upon it. but the reports come with the vessel. and are an additional precaution. Besides. the inspectors stationed at these various ports will make inquiries. . That is to be their sole business. to make inquiries in all places from which Immigrants come. for the purpose of ascertaining the true character of those immigrants. . The consuls scattered throughout foreign countries are not adapted for this service. I am free to say.
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