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when granting the discharge and that ____
wilful purpose to disregard.
any
there was no
Ordinance of the
Colony.
The Master
of the Litchfield" denies that the man
was insane at the time of his discharge,
authority to require him
been
and I have no
to take care
of him after having
regularly discharged from his ship
I have to.
(signed) Ins. S. Mosby,
United States Consul.
Honourable F. Stewart,
Acting Colonial Secretary,
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N?911.
Sir,
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Hongkong, 19th July, 1879.
I have the honour, by direction
of His Excellency the Administrator, to inform you that, on the 20th ultimo, a seaman, :named John Holton, was discharged.
in
a
en Ship
destitute condition from the American
icence Ordinance.
consequence
Vigilant."," and that, in
1 of 1862, Section VIII, has not been complied
with in this instance.
I am to add that the usual custom
here has been for Consuls not to dischange.
a seaman, unless a licensed Boarding House
S. Mosby, Egre,
United States Consul,
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