it
wcas
therefore
evident that
the duplicate Bill of Lading
was not despatched by the ship
in the usual manner.
J.
as the Crown Agents suppose is the case, ships cameot
enter and leave the Port
off
Victoria without the Knowledge
of the Harbor Macter,
the Harbor Master, the delay
which occurred in the delivery
the c
of the
"(
Spales is
Chels
ex
f
attributable to the want
communication between the
Department with which the
Bill of Lading
were de
resting
and the Harbour Master's rather
than
than to the course pursued
this side.
bu
183
The brown Agruts cannot
but re
regret
the inconvenience
which has been Experienced
bru
this
occasion, at the same
Occur
time I am bound to point out that similar delays may if the local Government rely upon the receipt of a Bill of Lading by the reesel carrying the goods consigned for the service of the Colony
But expposing for the
sake of argument that the
Crown