be suited into & the Masters
& of ships having reference to the cost of conveying home destitute Seamen, although it is the first subject
alluded to in the Ordinance.
It was probably not intended
of
the Ordinance rather "The mode in which the cost was to be defrayed under the provisions of
this
Statute 6 Geo : 4 - Will 4 which is incorrectly
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10. 20.7
but tends to provide
a more proper and effective party for enforcing
the
mode of enforcing
obligation
the
scarcely that
Statute on the part of
Masters of Ships receive destitute persons on board
according
to the tenor of
6 Geo : 4 - Will 4
its enactments. Nevertheless circumstances of Hongkong
in the opinion of the Govt are so peculiar as to
the
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render this additional
means
of enforcing that
Statute desirable!
The like considerations
may & the Govt
acquiesce in Core point
of the Ordinance & Bond which render the Master
of a ship liable for illegally discharging or leaving behind Seamen and for the injury, done by intimating his Ship.
6 Geo 4 c 8 is
cited in the Schedule as an act passed in the
M.
very doubtful
however, whether the liabilities of the Master Extend so far
as to
include
the cases of destitution of Seamen or Passengers
occurring after the departure of the ship, inasmuch
as there would seem little
beyond the control of the Owner of the
Master or Owner of the
Ship.