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method is devised.
(2) That all arms and armed guards required by the
Piracy Regulations be removed from every vessel and the
absolute command thereof restored to the Master as laid
down in the Merchant Shipping Acts, unless some better
method is devised.
(3) There shall be at once inaugurated a proper system
of patrol in the Danger Zone.
(4) That all vessels subject to Piracy Regulations shall
have wireless telegraphy installed and under the control of
a competent operator signed on the Articles.
(5)
That Insurance be automatically effected for every
Master, Officer and Engineer whose duty takes him into the
Danger Zone, the premium for such Insurance to be paid with
the money at present paid as wages to the guards, in the
event of them being removed from the vessels.
(6) That every case of Piracy shall be the subject of
enquiry at the Harbour Office ( as soon as possible after
the outrage) with the Harbour Master as President of the
Court, which should consist of active Mercantile Karine
Officers of both departments, with the addition of one
active Naval Officer.
(7) That a substantial reward be offered for information
which leads to the arrest of any person implicated in any
piratical attack.
(8) That a reward should be paid in all cases of seizure
of arms and/or ammunition.
(9) That these Resolutions be at once presented to the
Honourable the Colonial Secretary for the consideration of
His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government, and
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