10
Control over them- Ships often remain in
China
many years
at a time,
and
ship.
- Masters would have but little fear of suffering, on their return to their natine ~
Countries, the
Emsequences of any neglect
or misconduct of which thin might have
been guilly-
The alteration of clause IV as in the draft Ordinance does not appear
the
w to the
Complete -
regard
considerable penalty
m
249
Seamen wilfully
or
Negligently remaining in the Colony after the departure of the bessels to which they belong_
The
Offence
in point of fact is little short
of desertion although it may often be difficult
to
prove
تلف
as
such. In Hoongthing where
and are
Seamen's wages vary immensely
often Execefsively high, it is a great temptation
auggested
to a
portion of the clause with
penalty; being repeated, and
no penatly named in the addition to the
Clause.
As to the unnecessary rigour~-~- alluded to in the latter part of Clanse)
a man
Small
who has probably
wages
in
been
Shipped
to get
on
England to endeavour
quit of his ship,
and if he can do so at
the last moment by apparently being Megligently left behind, he is very likely to Besides if the master
try that couse -
- a vessel were to be punished for leaving man behind and there were no
of
VIII
I am decidedly of opinion that
a
the Seaman
it is necessary
to be enabled to enforce
for
a
penalty
an
so staying is it not probable