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the rarest

Court of Admiralty adjudicated. In the

the ad

case

of lorcas seized by a Customs Officer or by a

Military Officer

or Naval

officer wohine command of a ship under the 10th section, it

ship

couts be necessary

that the

person making the seizure

should

officer

apply

to the nearest

in command of one of

Her Majesty's ships for assistance to see the seized

Vessel

apel to adjudication. The

same course would apply

within

within British jurisdiction to

Foreign lorcas which have sailed from Hong Kong with Chinese Passengers.

!!. But it would also be the duty of the commanders of Her Majesty's ships, the Consuls, and Customs officers where the proper Emigration Papers produced, to inquire whether

the provisions of the Act have

been carried out in

any

ship

to which it applies, and if they

have not been so carried out

to bring the Broster to punishment. In the case of British lorcas stopped

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