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inquire whether any passengers
have died
d
during
the voyage and what has become of their
effects. He should then take
charge of the effects and
give
notice to any of the passengers
interested to attend at one
Harbour Master's office upon
their landing
Full enquiry could
then be made as to the deceased
passenger and if the property
is
of inconsiderable value,
under $100 and the Harbour Master
is
reasonably satisfied that it will be dealt with for the benefit of the relatives
of the deceased passenger, it should be delivered
up to the deceased passenger's friends. If the deceased passenger
belonged to Hong Kong, there
would be
no
necessity for so
full an inquiry or decision. Wherever the property was given
up, the Harbour Master would
of
course keep a memorandum
of what had taken place, of the evidence he had heard, if any,
of the name of the party to whom the property
was handed over, and the security,
if any, obtained. With regard to Chinese passengers, the Tung Wah Hospital Committee could
no doubt
greatly assist