F.
353
from
The
operation f
The
General Passengers Act and
to &
regulations peace-
subjected to
Mr dabouchere
left to itself
may perhaps think it necessary to pursue the questions
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raised in the case
of the Alfred.
I think
Agrah
of
Otherwise it would
be difficult to consider the
explanations of the Emigration
and Harbour Master
Hongkong as satisfactory.
It is clear that the "Alfred" was allowed to violate the provisions of the Passengers Act which
forbade
the
carrying of Passengers
more than two decks - and
which limited the number to be
carried by Tonnage as well as
space, and it is evident
from his statement that, not in this case only
but in others, he had
reflected to perform the duties imposed on him by the Act and had virtually annulled
its provisions. The excuse for his
faults would be that
the Legislature subsequently acknowledged by the Act 18...
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