Deaths During the Commission. NAMES. | Rank or Rating. | Date of Death. | Place of Death. | Cause of Death. | 1878. | John Bayley | Pte. R.M. | Sept. | 13th | Red Sea | Heat Apoplexy | Mr. Easton | Gunner | " | 14th | " | " | Mr. Scoble | Engineer | " | 17th | " | " | E. Dewdney | Boy | Oct. | 18th | Singapore | " | 1879. | Richd. Darcy | Ord. | March | 10th | Hong Kong | Fall from Aloft | Hy. Harper | Bandsman | May | 10th | Shanghai | Decline | Fredk. Smyth | Stoker | July | 3rd | Yokohama | Drowning | Ch. Allen | Ord. | Dec. | 11th | Amoy | " | 1880. | John Irish | A.B. | Oct. | 26th | At Sea | " | 1881. | Wm. Edwards | 2d. C.M.T. | April | 15th | Hong Kong | General Debility | Wm. Edwards | Boy | June | 24th | Chefoo | Fall from Aloft | Wm. McGill | Ord. | Aug. | 12th | Vladivostock | " | John Higgins | Pte. R.M. | Novr. | 6th | Wosung | Choleraic Diarrhoea | Wm. Young | A.B. | " | 8th | " | " | Wm. Drew[A] | A.B. | ? | Hong Kong | Ruptured Blood-vessel |
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