This Colony has already made provision
(for giving the teachers and crew
of
Foreign Vessels the same
protection as regards detention and
discipline as British Ships prevails. Local registration with the object of extending the proposed convention to this Colony will therefore probably not be
required.
I have the honour to be,
My Lord,
Your Lordship's Most Obedient
Servant,
[Signature]
Administering the Government
(Copy)
77.
RECP645
Report by Captain Fowsett, Harbour Master
8
Section xx of Ordinance
of 1879 deals with deserters from foreign ships, and also
the discipline of such vessels
while in the waters of the
Colony.
If a deserter from a foreign ship is apprehended when ordered by
and refuses to return
on board
his
ship, the Magistrate may
be confined in gaol
until...