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as a British ship - but as it would generally happen in the case of ships "within British jurisdiction" that there would be a Customs Officer on the spot to whom the Naval Officer looks to enforce the Law. But if there should be no Customs Officer on the spot, acting under the Naval Duty Officer would there be the same Law in the case of a Chinese Passenger ship, whether British or Foreign, within British Jurisdiction and flying the British flag, as in the case of a British Passenger ship?
this must be made clear at least. But it would of course be better to make it clear in the case of a foreign ship within British jurisdiction that the Officer should be quite certain that he had jurisdiction over the ship and its Passengers before he proceeded to put the Law in force against them.
In the case when the Commander of one of H.M. Ships proceeds to put the Law in operation, it would seem reasonable that he should inspect the ship's registration papers, and if they should not be furnished with such papers, or if the papers produced should bear evidence explaining...