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be paid.
into the Treasury.
have no hesitation in saying that in no one of the cases
ought the property to have
been brought into the Court.
Inquiries ought to be
made as I have pointed out in my Report at the time of
the vessel's arrival and before
the passengers...
The
present practice
is open to objections other than
those I have previously mentioned. It is entirely optional with the Master of the vessel
whether he takes charge
of the property of
a passenger or not and it is entirely optional with him whether he reports the matter to the official Administrator or hands over the property of
the deceased passenger to
him. As a rule the property
is so handed over because the Master desires to be relieved of responsibility but the official Administrator has no means of knowing whether any passenger has
died on board a particular vessel or of whether
his property
is duly handed...