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objection however which
this Government
ment is attempting to
over
by showing the absolute
necessity of some
such provision_
I also send you on the chance
of its being of
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Copy of
Ordinance We 6 of 18:52 - by the 3rd Section of which the provisions of
Ordinance 4 of
1850 are extended
to British Seamen-
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it contains.
the law of this Colony regarding
Seamen. their Boarding Houses Sc &c.
و
may
as
well state that
the practice of the Inagistrates here when sending Foreign Seamen to prison under 4 of 1850 has
been to order them to be held
at the option of the Easter.
thus if the ship were ready to sail
before the expiry of the term of
if the men came
imprisonment or
to their
senses and signified their
readiness to return to duty &c. the
Master could take his men out
of prison -
put
you
I think that this letter will have
in the possession of the~~
information you required and of so I have only to add by His Excellency the Acting Governor's desire that this Government
has read much pleasure in mee
request:
meeting your
I have, Ic (Signed) W. H. Alexander,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
(True Coby.)
MAAlexande
Acting Colonial Secretary.
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