enables him to keep such a record
as to when they ship and where they go.
by
The system complained of to the United States Consul has
been in force in this
colony for
a period of thirty-one years
and is found to be a
very useful measure. It tends in a great measure to check
desertion and has not been
made the subject of much complaint.
I enclose a copy of
a letter
written on the same
subject
on
the 10th June 1879.
(St) J. G. Thomsett
July 18,1888
Harbour Master, &c.
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