2
3.
646
The can
be
put ou
board his
but this refers only to desertion
in the United
I
ship at her departure, ship
until he shall be demanded
by the Master of the ship,
br
by the Consul of the Country
to which such ship belongs provided that the period of
Confinement
vement does not exceed
three months.
Hingdom..
don't think it advisable that
the same law should obtain
here, as the Colony would
soon be overrun by seamen
For
could be procured. Ships
would be inconvenienced
The
•
Merchant Seamew
by
Ach 1880 provides that no
Mamanv
anaw or
1
apprentice to the
sea service phall be liable to
imprisonment for desertions,
brit
rienced
new, and
the loss of their the Imperial commun
would be put to great expense
to send deserters to England.
With regard to off