if
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arrival here the latter.
were told that they must
an examination
either pass or leave the ship. This Government has adopted the only justifiable measure it was in its power to make
law viz : to provide that no officer should be placed
on
the Register
or Articles
at this Fort unless he was
in possession of
of Competency
a
certificate
or Service.
7 If the officials at _
Sydney thought the "Dayspring"
sufficiently
perform
manned
to
a voyage from that.
Port to Hong Kong it would
be presumption on
the part water hea
on
of this Government to
to the Master
say
on arrival
free
here, although you
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and
"are allowed to leave there
" with the crew
crew you have,
you
"must increase their number.
before you
" and quality
" be permitted to return
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the
ou can
"
Such
course of conduct towards
owners of vessels of other
Colonies would result in a
Correspondence of
а
very
disagreeable nature.
8 There appears
а
discrepancy as to the total
number of the crew.
"When the Dayspring" was here she had fourteen (14)
in all. The Mebourne
report states that there
wvere
only 12.
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