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Sunt should possess
I cannot find any power which I would have to remove an
Officer
judged competent at Sydney or Melbourne
to command a
It might be a
to confer the lives of
• large
and valuable ship.
good subject for Legislation
the Executive that power where
entrusted to the seamanship and skill of
any.
one man.
but I
do not see why
a
charge
defect in the law should be made a
against Mr Thomsett.
15.
I would further observe as to the
Survey held
on the "Dayspring here by
Mr Mundo, who pronounced her seaworthy
and that held at Melbourne where the
report
was declared to be
hogged
and
leaking very
much due to that Mr Mc Mundo
is known to be a most competent and conscientious Surveyor. Mr Quustin tells
me that he
has
always placed most reliance on his opinions and has preferred to
abide by them in preference to those of
other Surveyors. I have not called on Mr Mc Mundo to give
me
any explanations
because the
question to which I
now
draw attention is Mr Thomsett's conduct
and unquestionably that officer must be held quite justified in accepting ship surveyed by Mr Mc Mundo.
16. In fine I call Your Lordship's attention to the following points, viz: that Mr Thomsett's conduct has been
as to the stringent
evidently misunderstood examination of the "Dayspring's" provisions